The Meaning 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.

Synonyms

Italic , Italic language , Italic

Rhymes

aleck , anencephalic , balak , fralick , galik , gallic , gallick , gallik , halleck , malick , malik , mallek , mallick , metallic , mihalic , phallic , phthalic , salick , taluk , thallic