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italic

[ ih-tal-ik, ahy-tal- ]

adjective

  1. designating or pertaining to a style of printing types in which the letters usually slope to the right, patterned upon a compact manuscript hand, and used for emphasis, to separate different kinds of information, etc.:

    These words are in italic type.

  2. (initial capital letter) of or relating to Italy, especially ancient Italy or its tribes.


noun

  1. Often italics. italic type.
  2. (initial capital letter) a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, including ancient Latin, Oscan, Umbrian, and modern Romance.

Italic

1

/ ɪˈæɪ /

noun

  1. a branch of the Indo-European family of languages that includes many of the ancient languages of Italy, such as Venetic and the Osco-Umbrian group, Latin, which displaced them, and the Romance languages
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. denoting, relating to, or belonging to this group of languages, esp the extinct ones
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

italic

2

/ ɪˈæɪ /

adjective

  1. AlsoItalian of, relating to, or denoting a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a style of printing type modelled on this, chiefly used to indicate emphasis, a foreign word, etc Compare roman 1
  2. often plural italic type or print
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ԴDz-·ٲi adjective noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of italic1

1555–65; < Latin Italicus < Greek ٲó, equivalent to Ital ( í ) Italy + -ikos -ic
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of italic1

C16 (after an edition of Virgil (1501) printed in Venice and dedicated to Italy): from Latin Italicus of Italy, from Greek Italikos
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The italics are mine, so put a pin on that phrase because it’s important.

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“In small italic type under the photo, it said it came from a film called ‘Nosferatu’ ” — a film he’d never heard of.

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Other features fit with what we know of Milton's neat italic hand, which rarely featured joined letters.

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Here’s a list of all nominees from the ceremony, with winners highlighted in bold italics.

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The words and phrases that the plaintiffs replaced with their own tendentious language are in italics.

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