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italic

1. ital.ic \*-'tal-ik, i-, i--\ aj cap  1: of or relating to ancient Italy, 
   its peoples, or their Indo-European la nguages 2: of or relating to a type 
   style with characters that slant upward to the  right (as in "these words 
   are italic")
2. italic n 1: an italic character or type  cap  2: the Italic branch of 
   the Indo-European language family