italic English · revision 1184

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ɪˈtælɪk/, /aɪˈtælɪk/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|Italicus|t=Italian]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) [[der|grc|Ἰταλικός|tr=Italikós]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(RHWU) from ''Italia'' “Italy”.^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) The printing type is so called because it was introduced in 1501 by Aldus Manutius, a printer of Venice.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Of handwriting, the sloping Italian style (1571),^(Barnhart 1995)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) and as the name of one of the classical orders of architecture (1563).^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The term was applied to the sloping printing type from 1612.^(Barnhart 1995)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) The noun ''italics'' for italic letters is from 1676,^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate) and the verb ''italicize'' from 1795.^(Barnhart 1995) With a capital, the adjective means of ancient Italy or its peoples (1685),^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) and it names the branch of Indo-European that includes Latin, Oscan and Umbrian.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1563 – the Composite order of architecture.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1571 – italic handwriting.^(Barnhart 1995)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1612 – italic printing type.^(Barnhart 1995)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1676 – noun, ''italics''.^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)

+ * 1685 – of ancient Italy.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1795 – ''italicize''.^(Barnhart 1995)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of or being a style of [[typeface|alt=type]] with letters that slant to the right, modelled on a Renaissance script.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of a style of slanted [[cursive]] handwriting developed in the 15th and 16th centuries.^(MW Collegiate)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(capitalized)'' Of ancient Italy or its peoples or cultures.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(capitalized)'' Of the Italic languages.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # Italic type or print, usually in the plural.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(capitalized)'' A branch of the [[Indo-European]] family including [[Latin]], Oscan and Umbrian.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[italicise]]

+ * [[italicism]]

+ * [[italicize]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[Italian]]

+ * [[Italy]]

+ * [[roman]]

+ * [[Aldine]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}