[ 'ʌnsɪəl , -ʃ(ə)l ]
■ adjective
1》 denoting or written in a majuscule script with rounded separated letters which is found in European manuscripts of the 4th–8th centuries and from which modern capital letters are derived.
2》 rare relating to an inch or an ounce.
■ noun an ~ letter, script, or manuscript.
Origin
C17: from L. ~is , from uncia 'inch' (in sense 1 from ~es litterae '~ letters').