italic
[ih-tal-ik, ahy-tal-]
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adjective
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.
(initial capital letter) of or relating to Italy, especially ancient Italy or its tribes.
noun
Often italics. italic type.
(initial capital letter) a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, including ancient Latin, Oscan, Umbrian, and modern Romance.
Origin of italic
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Transcriber's note: All non-italic genus names in the text have been italicized.
On the Origin and Metamorphoses of InsectsSir John Lubbock
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Word Origin for italic
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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