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Webster 1913 Edition

Italic

I-tal′ic

,
Adj.
[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

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Italics
.
(Print.)
An Italic letter, character, or type (see
Italic
,
Adj.
, 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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Italic

ITAL'IC

,
Adj.
Relating to Italy or its characters.

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