Origin: Latin suffix -al
Uncial has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:
a style of orthography characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; found especially in Greek and Latin manuscripts of the 4th to 8th centuries
A style of writing using uncial letters.
relating to or written in majuscule letters (which resemble modern capitals)
"uncial letters"
Of or relating to an ounce, or an inch, especially to letters printed an inch high.
Of or relating to a majuscule style of writing with unjoined, rounded letters, originally used in the 4th–9th centuries.