italic

Adjective
  1. Characterized by slanting characters (synset 303087226)
    "italic characters"
  2. Of or relating to the Italic languages (synset 303087090)
    "ancient Italic dialects"
Noun
  1. A style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right (synset 106362325)
    is a type of: cursive, cursive script, longhand, running hand - rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper
  2. A branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative (synset 106974593)
    is a type of: indo-european, indo-european language, indo-hittite - the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia
    subtypes:
    • osco-umbrian - a group of dead languages of ancient Italy; they were displace by Latin
    • latin - any dialect of the language of ancient Rome
    same as: italic language
  3. A typeface with letters slanting upward to the right (synset 106840394)
    is a type of: case, face, font, fount, typeface - a specific size and style of type within a type family

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