Main Entry: ¹ital·ic

Pronunciation: \ə-ˈta-lik, i-, ī-\

Function: adjective

Date: 1598

1 a : of or relating to a type style with characters that slant upward to the right (as in “these words are italic”) — compare roman b : of or relating to a style of slanted cursive handwriting developed in the 15th and 16th centuries
2 capitalized : of or relating to ancient Italy, its peoples, or their Indo-European languages