Definition of italics Italics

/ajtæˈlɪks/ - [aytatliks] -

We found 3 definitions of italics from 3 different sources.

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What does italics mean?

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • italics (pl. )
    of Italic

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • italics
    i-tal′iks, n.pl. a kind of types which slope to the right (as in the last four words), so called because first used by an Italian printer, Aldo Manuzio, about 1500, employed for emphasis and other distinctive purposes.—n. Italicisā′tion.—v.t. Ital′icīse, to print in Italics

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Sign Language

italics in sign language
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