cursive Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper
    longhand; cursive script; running hand.
  2. adjective satellite having successive letter joined together
    • cursive script

WordNet

Cur"sive adjective
Etymology
LL. cursivus: cf. F. cursif See Cursitor.
Definitions
  1. Running; flowing.
Cur"sive noun
Definitions
  1. A character used in cursive writing.
  2. A manuscript, especially of the New Testament, written in small, connected characters or in a running hand; -- opposed to uncial. Shipley.

Webster 1913