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ITALICS
Noun
italics
(typography, pluralonly) letters in an italic typeface.
(usually plural but sometimes singular in construction) plural of italic: exaggerated intonation or some similar oral speech device by which one or more words is heavily and usually affectedly emphasized or otherwise given sharp prominence
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Anagrams
• -istical, laicist
Source: Wiktionary
ITALIC
I*tal"ic, a. Etym: [L. Italicus: cf. F. italique. Cf. Italian.]
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. Italic languages, the group or family of languages of ancient Italy.
– Italic order (Arch.), 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.
I*tal"ic, n.; pl. Italics (. (Print.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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