Definition for Italic

italic, adj. [Fr. < L. Italicus < Gk.]

  1. Right-sloping; cursive; hand-written; with inclining characters; [fig.] important; essential; significant; emphatic; underlined.
  2. Twisted; deformed; distorted; lined with age; wrinkled with suffering; [fig.] frowning; sorrowful.

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