Italic

[ɪ'tælɪk]

Definition

(noun.) a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right.

(noun.) a typeface with letters slanting upward to the right.

(noun.) a branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative.

(adj.) of or relating to the Italic languages; 'ancient Italic dialects' .

(adj.) characterized by slanting characters; 'italic characters' .

Editor: Terence--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Relating to Italy or to its people.

(a.) Applied especially to a kind of type in which the letters do not stand upright, but slope toward the right; -- so called because dedicated to the States of Italy by the inventor, Aldus Manutius, about the year 1500.

(n.) An Italic letter, character, or type (see Italic, a., 2.); -- often in the plural; as, the Italics are the author's. Italic letters are used to distinguish words for emphasis, importance, antithesis, etc. Also, collectively, Italic letters.

Checked by Andrew

Definition

adj. of or relating to Italy or its people.—n. a native of Italy: the language of Italy.—vs.t. Ital′ianate Ital′ianise to make Italian.—vs.i. to play the Italian: to speak Italian.—n. Ital′ianism.—Italian architecture the style practised by the Italian architects of the 15th 16th and 17th centuries which originated in a revival of the ancient architecture of Rome; Italian warehouseman a dealer in the finer kinds of groceries as macaroni vermicelli dried fruits &c.—Italic version or It′ala a translation of the Bible into Latin based on a still older version called Old Latin and made probably in the time of Augustine.

Typist: Mabel