ITALIC

italic. Italic, a. relating to Italy, or to a kind of letters

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I‐tal″ic (?), a. [[L. Italicus: cf. F. italique. Cf. Italian.]] 1. 1. Relating to Italy or to its people.
2. 2. Applied especially to a kind of type in which the letters do not stand upright, but slope toward the right; — so called because dedicated to the States of Italy by the inventor, Aldus Manutius, about the year 1500.
Italic languages, the group or family of languages of ancient Italy. — Italic order (Arch.), the composite order. See Composite. — Italic school, a term given to the Pythagorean and Eleatic philosophers, from the country where their doctrines were first promulgated. — Italic version. See Itala.