Italic — Defs

01 a. Relating to Italy or to its people.

1.
Relating to Italy or to its people.
2.
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.

Phrases & compounds

Italic languages — the group or family of languages of ancient Italy.

Italic order — the composite order. See Composite.

Italic school — a term given to the Pythagorean and Eleatic philosophers, from the country where their doctrines were first promulgated.

Italic version — See Itala.

02 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 use…

pl. Italics

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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.(Print.) See: Italic