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italic

The definition of italic is a type style where the letters are slanted upward to the right, or something that relates to ancient Italy.

(adjective)

An example of an italic font is the font used to emphasize the name of a book.
An example of Italic is the ancient history of Italy.

Italic is defined as a printed letter that is slanted upward to the right, or a language of the Indo-European language family.

(noun)

An example of italic is the font used in the word this: this.
An example of Italic is a language that belongs to the same family as Latin and Umabrian.

See italic in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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)

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

noun

an italic letter or other character
italic type or print

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

Origin: L Italicus

adjective

of these languages
of ancient Italy or its peoples or cultures

See italic in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Of or relating to ancient Italy or its peoples or cultures.
Of or relating to the branch of the Indo-European language family that includes Latin, Faliscan, Oscan, Umbrian, and the Romance languages.
italic Of or being a style of printing type patterned on a Renaissance script with the letters slanting to the right: This sentence is printed in italic type.

noun