Definition of italic
- a. - Relating to Italy or to its people.
- a. - 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.
- n. - 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.