I. noun
also frac·tur fräkˈtu̇(ə)r, -u̇ə
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: German fraktur (formerly spelled fractur ), an ornate kind of handwriting developed in the 16th century, fraktur, from Latin fractura action of breaking; from the curlicues that broke up the continuous line of a word — more at fracture
: a German style of black-letter text type
II.
or fraktur painting
variant of fractur