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1. (adj.) italic
designating or pertaining to a style of printing types in which the letters usu. slope to the right, used for emphasis, to separate different kinds of information, etc.
2. italic
(cap.) of or pertaining to ancient Italy and its peoples prior to the expansion of Rome in the 3rd to 1st centuries b.c.
3. (n.) italic
Often, italics. italic type.
4. italic
(cap.) a family of languages, a branch of the Indo-European family, that was spoken in ancient Italy and includes Latin, Osco-Umbrian, and, in most classifications, Venetic.
Etymology: (1555–65; < L Italicus < Gk)
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| Definition of 'Italic' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) italic
a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right
2. (noun) Italic, Italic language
a branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative
3. (adj) italic
a typeface with letters slanting upward to the right
4. (adj) italic
characterized by slanting characters
"italic characters"
5. (adj) Italic
of or relating to the Italic languages
"ancient Italic dialects"
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| Definition of 'Italic' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Italic
relating to Italy or to its people
2. (adj) Italic
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
3. (noun) Italic
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
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Sense: (of print) of the sloping kind used eg to show emphasis and for the examples in this dictionary
This example is printed in italic type.
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 Afrikaans: kursivering |
 Arabic: حَرْف مائِل |
 Bulgarian: курсивен |
 Brazilian: itálico |
 Czech: psaný kurzivou |
 German: kursiv |
 Danish: kursiv |
 Greek: κυρτός, πλάγιος |
 Spanish: cursiva |
 Estonian: kursiiv- |
 Farsi: برجسته؛ ایتالیک |
 Finnish: kursivoitu |
 French: italique |
 Hebrew: אוֹתִיוֹת נְטוּיוֹת |
 Hindi: तिरछा |
 Croatian: kurzivan |
 Hungarian: dőlt (betű) |
 Indonesian: huruf miring |
 Icelandic: skáletraður |
 Italian: corsivo |
 Japanese: イタリック体の |
 Korean: 이탤릭체의 |
 Lithuanian: kursyvinis |
 Latvian: kursīvs |
 Malay: huruf condong |
 Dutch: cursief |
 Norwegian: kursiv- |
 Polish: kursywa |
 Persian: برجسته؛ ایتالیک |
 Pashto: غټ خط، په كمپيوټر كښې يو |
 Portuguese: itálico |
 Romanian: italic |
 Russian: курсивный |
 Slovak: kurzíva |
 Slovenian: kurziven |
 Serbian: kurzivan |
 Swedish: kursiv |
 Thai: ตัวอักษรแบบตัวเอน |
 Turkish: eğik yazı, italik |
 Taiwanese: 斜體的 |
 Ukrainian: курсивний |
 Urdu: ترچھے حروف |
 Vietnamese: nghiêng |
 Chinese: 斜体的 |
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