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italics

1 definition found for italics

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :


  Italic \I*tal"ic\, n.; pl. Italics. (Print.)
     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.
     [1913 Webster]