[ ɪ'talɪk ]
■ adjective Printing of the sloping kind of typeface used especially for emphasis and in foreign words.
↘(of handwriting) cursive and sloping and with elliptical or pointed letters, in the style of 16th-century Italian handwriting.
■ noun (also ~s ) an ~ typeface or letter.
Derivatives
~ization or ~isation noun
~ize or ~ise verb
Origin
ME (in the general sense 'Italian'): via L. from Gk Italikos , from Italia 'Italy'.