italic (adj.)

  1. characterized by slanting characters; italic characters'

  2. of or relating to the Italic languages; ancient Italic dialects

    [ Syn: italic ]

    italic (n.)

  1. a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right

  2. a branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative

    [ Syn: italic , italic language ]

  3. a typeface with letters slanting upward to the right

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