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italic definition

ital·ic (i tal′ik, ī-)

adjective

designating or of a type in which the characters slant upward to the right, used variously, as to emphasize words, indicate foreign words, set off book titles, etc. (Ex.: this is italic type)

Etymology: see Italic: so called because first used in an Italian edition of Virgil (1501)

noun

  1. an italic letter or other character
  2. italic type or print
Italic definition

Ital·ic (i tal′ik, ī-)

noun

a branch of the Indo-European language family, including Latin, Oscan, Umbrian, and other languages of ancient Italy, as well as Latin's descendants, the Romance languages

Etymology: L Italicus

adjective

  1. of these languages
  2. of ancient Italy or its peoples or cultures

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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