1
- of or written in a majuscule script with rounded unjoined letters which is found in European manuscripts of the 4th-8th centuries and from which modern capital letters are derived(欧洲4-8世纪, 近代大写字母之源)安色尔字体的; 用安色尔字体写的。
2
- rare of or relating to an inch or an ounce〈罕〉一英寸长的; 一盎司重的。
词源
mid 17th cent.: from Latin uncialis, from uncia 'inch'. Sense 1 is in the late Latin sense of unciales litterae 'uncial letters', the original application of which is unclear.