italic
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Is italic a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (typography, of a typeface or font) Designed to resemble a handwriting style developed in Italy in the 16th century.not-comparable
2. (typography, of a typeface or font) Having letters that slant or lean to the right; oblique.Examples: "The text was impossible to read: every other word was underlined or in a bold or italic font."not-comparable
noun (English)
1. (typography) A typeface in which the letters slant to the right.Examples: "Names of vessels, as the Kearsarge or the Alabama, are frequently put in italic."; "[…] ROBERT GRANJON, possibly in collaboration with CLAUDE GARAMOND, had created an italic which matched Garamond Roman."
adj (English)
1. (Indo-European studies) Pertaining to a subfamily of the Centum branch of the Indo-European language family, that includes Latin and other languages (as Oscan, Umbrian) spoken by the peoples of ancient ItalyIndo-European-studiesnot-comparable
2. (Indo-European studies) Pertaining to a subfamily of the Centum branch of the Indo-European language family, that includes Latin and other languages (as Oscan, Umbrian) spoken by the peoples of ancient ItalyExamples: "The ancient Italic languages that are now extinct include Oscan, Umbrian, and South Picene."Synonyms: Osco-Umbrian, Sabellic, SabellianIndo-European-studiesdatednot-comparable
3. (historical) Pertaining to various peoples that lived in Italy before the establishment of the Roman Empire, or to any of several alphabet systems used by those peoples.Examples: "There were several Italic alphabets, one being the Etruscan alphabet."historicalnot-comparable
Definition source: Wiktionary