cursive

noun

style of penmanship in which some characters are written joined together in a flowing manner, generally for the purpose of making writing faster

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Pronunciation: /ˈkɝsɪv/ / /ˈkɜːsɪv/

Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French cursif, from Medieval Latin cursīvus, from Latin cursus.

Running; flowing.
Having successive letters joined together.
“Then Mambro handed me his manuscript, a sheaf of loose pages really, his cursive handwriting scrawled over them, the exaggerated tails of the f’s and the j’s, the distinct loop of the q.”
Of or relating to a grammatical aspect relating to an action that occurs in a straight line (in space or time).
“cursive aspect”
“[…] of the action or state of affairs expressed by the verb to the time of utterance; rather they express how the speaker regards the event: many grammarians distinguish between a constative aspect, in which an occurrence is simply registered as such, as something concluded, and a cursive aspect, in which the action is described in its course. (I need not add that this is an oversimplification, but there is no time for a more detailed account.)”

Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French cursif, from Medieval Latin cursīvus, from Latin cursus.