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ITALIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("italic" is a kind of...):
cursive; cursive script; longhand; running hand (rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper)
Derivation:
italic (characterized by slanting characters)
italicise; italicize (print in italics)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A typeface with letters slanting upward to the right
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("italic" is a kind of...):
case; face; font; fount; typeface (a specific size and style of type within a type family)
Derivation:
italic (characterized by slanting characters)
italicise; italicize (print in italics)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative
Synonyms:
Italic; Italic language
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Italic" is a kind of...):
Indo-European; Indo-European language; Indo-Hittite (the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Italic"):
Osco-Umbrian (a group of dead languages of ancient Italy; they were displace by Latin)
Latin (any dialect of the language of ancient Rome)
Derivation:
Italic (of or relating to the Italic languages)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the Italic languages
Example:
ancient Italic dialects
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Italic (a branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative)
Derivation:
Italic (a branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Characterized by slanting characters
Example:
italic characters
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
italic (a typeface with letters slanting upward to the right)
Derivation:
italic (a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right)
italic (a typeface with letters slanting upward to the right)
