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Definition: ITALICS |
ITALICSPlural1. Of Italic |
Date "ITALICS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1823. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Italics The type first used by Aldo Manuzio in printing the Aldine classics. It was called by him "Cursive" letters (a running hand; from Latin, curro, to run). Virgil was the first author printed in this type (1501). Francesco of Bologna cast it. The words italicised in the Bible have no corresponding words in the original. The translators supplied these words to render the sense of the passage more full and clear. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Importance | Attach importance to, ascribe importance to, give importance to; Noun: value, care for, set store upon, set store by; mark; mark with a white stone, underline; write in italics, put in italics, print in italics, print in capitals,print in large letters, put in large type, put in letters. of gold; accentuate, emphasize, lay stress on. |
Indication | Keyboard symbols, printing symbols; red letter, italics, sublineation, underlining, bold font; jotting; note, annotation, reference; blaze, cedilla, guillemets, hachure; quotation marks, double quotes,"", parentheses, brackets, braces, curly brackets, arrows, slashes; left parenthesis, "("; right parenthesis, ")"; opening bracket, ""; left curly brace, "{"; right curly brace, "}"; left arrow, ""; right arrow, ""; forward slash, "/"; backward slash, "\"; exclamation point, "!"; commercial at, "@"; pound sign, "#"; percent sign, "%"; carat, "^"; ampersand, "&"; asterisk, ""; hyphen, "-"; dash, "-", "_"; em dash, "--"; plus sign, "+", equals sign, "="; question mark, "?"; period, "."; semicolon, ";", colon, ":"; comma, ","; apostrophe, "'"; single quote, "'"; tilde, "~". |
Printing | Boldface, capitals, caps., catchword; composing-frame, composing room, composing rule, composing stand, composing stick; italics, justification, linotype, live matter, logotype; lower case, upper case; make-up, matrix, matter, monotype, point system: -/, -/,, point, etc.; press room, press work; reglet, roman; running head, running title; scale, serif, shank, sheet work, shoulder, signature, slug, underlay. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: ITALICS |
| English words defined with "ITALICS": italicise, Italicism, italicize ♦ markup. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ITALICS": Get, Got. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The majority statement states, "increased detection of DCIS may prove beneficial if it leads to a subsequent decrease in the incidence of invasive cancer" (italics added). (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "ITALICS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "ITALICS" is used about 187 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 100% | 187 | 22,491 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "ITALICS": in italics ♦ my italics ♦ the italics are mine. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "ITALICS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حروف مائلة في الطباعة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | курсив (cursive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 斜". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | kurzíva. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | cursief (italic, italicized). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kursiivi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | italiques (italic, italicized). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | kursivschrift (cursive, italic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κυρτά γράμματα (italic), πλαγιαστά γράμματα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | כתב משופע. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kurzív szedés, dõlt betûk. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | corsivo (cursive, in italics, italic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | italicsay bastardo (bastard, degenerating, extramarital, false, illegitimate, italic type, misbegotten, spurious, whoreson). (various references) sublinierea noastrã (my italics, the italics are mine). (various references) курсив (emphasis added, italic, italic type). (various references) kurziv (cursive). (various references) letra itálica (italic), letra bastardilla, cursiva (cursive), bastardilla. (various references) kursivering, kursiv (cursive, italic). (various references) italik yazı (italian handwriting). (various references) курсив. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"ITALICS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: attalids, Fintalich, ialic, italc, itali, italica, italicas, Italies, italix, itallic, Italys, Vitellius. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ITALICS" (pronounced īta"liks) |
| 5 | -a" l i k s | Calix, calyx. |
| 4 | -l i k s | acrylics, alcoholics, catholics, helix, hydraulics, publics, relics, republics, workaholics. |
| 3 | -i k s | academics, acoustics, acrobatics, aerobatics, aerobics, aerodynamics, aeronautics, aesthetics, affix, analgesics, analytics, anesthetics, anorexics, antibiotics, antics, apparatchiks, appendix, asthmatics, astronautics, astrophysics, athletics, atmospherics, attics, automatics, avionics, ballistics, basics, batiks, beatniks, bioethics, biologics, biophysics, bishoprics, calisthenics, ceramics, cervix, characteristics, charismatics, civics, classics, clerics, clinics, comics, conics, cosmetics, Criminalistics, critics, cynics, demographics, diabetics, diagnostics, diuretics, domestics, dynamics, eccentrics, econometrics, economics, electrics, electrodynamics, electronics, epics, epidemics, ergonomics, ethics, ethnics, eugenics, exotics, fabrics, fanatics, forensics, generics, genetics, geometrics, geopolitics, geriatrics, gimmicks, graphics, gymnastics, harmonics, hemodynamics, heroics, hieroglyphics, histrionics, hypnotics, hysterics, informatics, ionics, kibbutzniks, kinetics, limericks, linguistics, logistics, lyrics, macroeconomics, Magnetics, mathematics, matrix, mavericks, mechanics, medics, metaphysics, metrics, microeconomics, microelectronics, micrographics, mimics, mnemonics, mosaics, mystics, narcotics, Nucleonics, numismatics, obstetrics, onomastics, onyx, optics, orthodontics, oryx, panics, paramedics, Pediatrics, Phenix, Phoenix, phonetics, phonics, photovoltaics, physics, plastics, polemics, prefix, prosthetics, psychics, pyrotechnics, refuseniks, reprographics, robotics, romantics, semantics, semiotics, skeptics, sonics, specifics, sputniks, statistics, stoics, suffix, synthetics, systematics, tactics, Technics, tectonics, theatrics, therapeutics, thermoplastics, tonics, topics, toxics, tropics. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-i-l-s-t" | |
-1 letter: italic, sialic, silica, ticals. | |
-2 letters: alist, cilia, clast, clits, iliac, laics, licit, litai, litas, salic, tails, talcs, tical. | |
-3 letters: acts, ails, aits, alit, alts, asci, cast, cats, cist, clit, ilia, lacs, laic, last, lati, lats, list, lits, sail, salt, sati, scat, sial, silt, slat, slit, tail, talc, tali, tics, tils. | |
-4 letters: act, ail, ais. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-i-l-s-t" | |
+1 letter: chiliast, ciliates, silicate. | |
+2 letters: ballistic, chiliasts, cisplatin, cladistic, clarities, deistical, diastolic, dualistic, eristical, inelastic, italicise, racialist, realistic, satirical, sciential, scintilla, silicates, socialist, socialite, sociality. | |
+3 letters: alacrities, albinistic, altruistic, anilinctus, annalistic, anticlines, antisocial, ballistics, cabalistic, calamities, capitalise, capitalism, capitalist, chairlifts, chiliastic, ciliations, cisplatins, cladistics, classicist, clavierist, clintonias, clostridia, coalitions, dialectics, egoistical, elasticity, epiblastic, fabulistic, facilities, familistic, fatalistic, historical, idealistic, implicates, italicised, italicises, italicizes, jesuitical, laticifers, legalistic, literacies, localities, logistical, melanistic, melismatic, militances, moralistic, musicality, occipitals, phthisical, pictorials, plasticine, plasticity, plasticize, plications, quitclaims, racialists, recitalist, salacities, scintillas, septicidal, sincipital, socialists, socialites, solicitant, specialist, speciality, tailpieces, talismanic, theistical, totalistic, triticales, ultimacies, ultraistic, vasculitis, vitalistic, vocalities. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 54 41 4C 49 43 53 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. - .- .-.. .. -.-. ... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01010100 01000001 01001100 01001001 01000011 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I T A L I C S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 0054 0041 004C 0049 0043 0053 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)43543546433753 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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