Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

closed round s

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.67 in modern English

Syllables: closed round s
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The s character with a form of the short s (round s) looking like a small B in some Gothic hands like Textualis (Textura) or Gothic Cursiva.

Example Sentences

"an example of the type of cursive practised in Germany from s. xiii, of medium quality (German cursiva media), which owes a great deal to the influence of cursiva anglicana, seen in the rounded loops, the descent of the final minims of h and m below the line, and the closed round s [...]."
"On the foundation of textualis rotunda are grafted cursive features reminiscient of anglicana, such as the closed round s, loops, and descending final minims of h, m, and n."
"In Cursiva Libraria and Formata, closed round s appears mostly to have been traced in two strokes: a curved or straight vertical stroke and a 3-shaped second stroke [...]."

Frequently Paired Words

long s short s round s terminal s trailing s

Questions

What does closed round s mean?: The s character with a form of the short s (round s) looking like a small B in some Gothic hands like Textualis (Textura) or Gothic Cursiva.

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