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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Composite \Com*pos"ite\ (?; 277), a. [L. compositus made up of
     parts, p. p. of componere. See Compound, v. t., and cf.
     Compost.]
     1. Made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded; as, a
        composite language.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Happiness, like air and water . . . is composite.
                                                    --Landor.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Arch.) Belonging to a certain order which is composed of
        the Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called
        also the Roman or the Italic order, and is one of the
        five orders recognized by the Italian writers of the
        sixteenth century. See Capital.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Bot.) Belonging to the order Composit[ae]; bearing
        involucrate heads of many small florets, as the daisy,
        thistle, and dandelion.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Composite carriage, a railroad car having compartments of
        different classes. [Eng.]
  
     Composite number (Math.), one which can be divided exactly
        by a number exceeding unity, as 6 by 2 or 3..
  
     Composite photograph or Composite portrait, one made by a
        combination, or blending, of several distinct photographs.
        --F. Galton.
  
     Composite sailing (Naut.), a combination of parallel and
        great circle sailing.
  
     Composite ship, one with a wooden casing and iron frame.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Italic \I*tal"ic\, a. [L. Italicus: cf. F. italique. Cf.
     Italian.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. Relating to Italy or to its people.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Italic \I*tal"ic\, n.; pl. Italics. (Print.)
     An Italic letter, character, or type (see Italic, a., 2.);
     -- often in the plural; as, the Italics are the author's.
     Italic letters are used to distinguish words for emphasis,
     importance, antithesis, etc. Also, collectively, Italic
     letters.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Italic \I*tal"ic\, a. [L. Italicus: cf. F. italique. Cf.
     Italian.]
     1. Relating to Italy or to its people.
  
     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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Italic \I*tal"ic\, n.; pl. Italics. (Print.)
     An Italic letter, character, or type (see Italic, a., 2.);
     -- often in the plural; as, the Italics are the author's.
     Italic letters are used to distinguish words for emphasis,
     importance, antithesis, etc. Also, collectively, Italic
     letters.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Composite \Com*pos"ite\ (?; 277), a. [L. compositus made up of
     parts, p. p. of componere. See Compound, v. t., and cf.
     Compost.]
     1. Made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded; as, a
        composite language.
  
              Happiness, like air and water . . . is composite.
                                                    --Landor.
  
     2. (Arch.) Belonging to a certain order which is composed of
        the Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called
        also the Roman or the Italic order, and is one of the
        five orders recognized by the Italian writers of the
        sixteenth century. See Capital.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  italic
       adj 1: characterized by slanting characters; "italic characters"
       2: of or relating to the Italic languages; "ancient Italic
          dialects"
       n 1: a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the
            right
       2: a branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is
          the chief representative [syn: Italic language]
       3: a typeface with letters slanting upward to the right

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  italic
     Romanian a.
     1 (l en italic)
     2 Italic

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Italic
     a.
     1 Of or relating to the Italian peninsula.
     2 (lb en Indo-European studies) Pertaining to a subfamily of the
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centum-Satem%20isogloss branch of the
  Indo-European language family, that includes Latin and other languages
  (as Oscan, Umbrian) spoken by the peoples of ancient Italy
     3 # (lb en dated) Osco-Umbrian; an extinct branch of such language
  family, which excludes the Latino-Faliscan languages
     4 (lb en historical) Pertaining to various peoples that lived in
  Italy before the establishment of the Roman Empire, or to any of several
  alphabet systems used by those peoples.
     n.
     The Italic family taken as a whole.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  italic
     a.
     1 (lb en typography of a typeface or font) Designed to resemble a
  handwriting style developed in Italy in the 16th century.
     2 (lb en typography of a typeface or font) Having letters that slant
  or lean to the right; oblique.
     n.
     (lb en typography) A typeface in which the letters slant to the
  right.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Italic
     a.
     1 Of or relating to the Italian peninsula.
     2 (lb en Indo-European studies) Pertaining to a subfamily of the
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centum-Satem%20isogloss branch of the
  Indo-European language family, that includes Latin and other languages
  (as Oscan, Umbrian) spoken by the peoples of ancient Italy
     3 # (lb en dated) Osco-Umbrian; an extinct branch of such language
  family, which excludes the Latino-Faliscan languages
     4 (lb en historical) Pertaining to various peoples that lived in
  Italy before the establishment of the Roman Empire, or to any of several
  alphabet systems used by those peoples.
     n.
     The Italic family taken as a whole.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  italic
     Romanian a.
     1 (l en italic)
     2 Italic

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Italic
     a.
     1 Of or relating to the Italian peninsula.
     2 (lb en Indo-European studies) Pertaining to a subfamily of the
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centum-Satem%20isogloss branch of the
  Indo-European language family, that includes Latin and other languages
  (as Oscan, Umbrian) spoken by the peoples of ancient Italy
     3 # (lb en dated) Osco-Umbrian; an extinct branch of such language
  family, which excludes the Latino-Faliscan languages
     4 (lb en historical) Pertaining to various peoples that lived in
  Italy before the establishment of the Roman Empire, or to any of several
  alphabet systems used by those peoples.
     n.
     The Italic family taken as a whole.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  italic
     a.
     1 (lb en typography of a typeface or font) Designed to resemble a
  handwriting style developed in Italy in the 16th century.
     2 (lb en typography of a typeface or font) Having letters that slant
  or lean to the right; oblique.
     n.
     (lb en typography) A typeface in which the letters slant to the
  right.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Italic
     a.
     1 Of or relating to the Italian peninsula.
     2 (lb en Indo-European studies) Pertaining to a subfamily of the
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centum-Satem%20isogloss branch of the
  Indo-European language family, that includes Latin and other languages
  (as Oscan, Umbrian) spoken by the peoples of ancient Italy
     3 # (lb en dated) Osco-Umbrian; an extinct branch of such language
  family, which excludes the Latino-Faliscan languages
     4 (lb en historical) Pertaining to various peoples that lived in
  Italy before the establishment of the Roman Empire, or to any of several
  alphabet systems used by those peoples.
     n.
     The Italic family taken as a whole.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  italic
     Englanti a.
     (''typografia'') kursivoitu
     Englanti n.
     (''typografia'') kursiivi

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  italic
     Engelska a.
     kursiv

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Italic
     Engelska a.
     italisk

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Italic /ɪtˈalɪk/
  مائل

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  italic //aɪˈtælɪk// //ɪˈtælɪk// 
  курсивен
  having a slant to the right

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  italic //aɪˈtælɪk// //ɪˈtælɪk// 
  курсив
  typeface whose letters slant to the right

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  italic /ɪtˈalɪk/ 
  kurzíva

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  italic /ɪtˈalɪk/
  kursiv  [print]
           Note: Schriftauszeichnung
           Note: typeface attribute

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  Italic //ɪˈtalɪk// //ɪˈtælɪk// 
  1. italialainen
  of or relating to the Italian peninsula
  2. itaalinen 2.
  pertaining to a subfamily of a branch of the Indo-European language family
   3.
  pertaining to various peoples that lived in Italy

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  Italic //ɪˈtalɪk// //ɪˈtælɪk// 
  itaalinen kieli
  Italic language

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  italic //aɪˈtælɪk// //ɪˈtælɪk// 
  kursiivi, kursiivinen
  having a slant to the right

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  italic //aɪˈtælɪk// //ɪˈtælɪk// 
  kursiivi
  typeface whose letters slant to the right

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  italic /ɪtˈalɪk/ 
  1. तिरछा
        "Write in italic script."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  italic /ɪtˈalɪk/
  kurziv

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  italic //aɪˈtælɪk// //ɪˈtælɪk// 
  miring, kursif
  having a slant to the right

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  Italic //ɪˈtalɪk// //ɪˈtælɪk// 
  1. イタリアの
  of or relating to the Italian peninsula
  2. イタリア語派の
  pertaining to a subfamily of a branch of the Indo-European language family

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  Italic //ɪˈtalɪk// //ɪˈtælɪk// 
  イタリック語派
  Italic language

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  italic //aɪˈtælɪk// //ɪˈtælɪk// 
  斜体
  having a slant to the right

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  italic //aɪˈtælɪk// //ɪˈtælɪk// 
  イタリック, 斜体
  typeface whose letters slant to the right

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  italic /ɪtˈalɪk/ 
  itálico

From English-Romanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-rom ]

  italic /ɪtˈalɪk/
  1. italic
  2. cursiv

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  Italic //ɪˈtalɪk// //ɪˈtælɪk// 
  italisk

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  Italic //ɪˈtalɪk// //ɪˈtælɪk// 
  italiska språk
  Italic language

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  italic //aɪˈtælɪk// //ɪˈtælɪk// 
  kursiv
  having a slant to the right

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  italic //aɪˈtælɪk// //ɪˈtælɪk// 
  kursiv
  typeface whose letters slant to the right

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  italic /ɪtˈalɪk/
  1. italik harflere ait
  2. italik yazı gibi
  3. (gen.) (çoğ.) italik.

From IPA:de :   [ IPA:de ]

  

/ˈʔiːtɑlik/

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/aɪˈtæɫɪk/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  79 Moby Thesaurus words for "italic":
     ascender, autograph, autographic, back, bastard type, beard, belly,
     bevel, black letter, body, calligraphic, cap, capital, case,
     chirographic, counter, cursive, descender, em, en, engrossed, face,
     fat-faced type, feet, flowing, font, graphic, graphoanalytic,
     graphologic, graphometric, groove, holograph, holographic,
     in longhand, in shorthand, in writing, inscribed, italicized,
     letter, ligature, logotype, longhand, lower case, majuscule,
     manuscript, minuscule, nick, on paper, penciled, penned, pi, pica,
     point, print, printed, roman, running, sans serif, script,
     scriptorial, scriptural, shank, shorthand, shoulder, small cap,
     small capital, stamp, stem, stylographic, type, type body,
     type class, type lice, typecase, typeface, typefounders,
     typefoundry, upper case, written
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 斜体的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

  Italic
     n. 斜体
     a. 斜体的
     n. 斜体字

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