<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Designating or pertaining to a style of printing types in which the letters usually slope to the right, patterned upon a compact manuscript hand, and used for emphasis, to separate different kinds of information, etc.: These words are in italic type.</li><li>Of or relating to Italy, especially ancient Italy or its tribes.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Often italics.</li><li>Italic type.</li><li>A branch of the Indo-European family of languages, including ancient Latin, Oscan, Umbrian, and modern Romance.</li></ul>