italics
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
italics pl
- (typography, plural only) letters in an italic typeface.
- There is no need to put the whole paragraph in italics.
- 1959 May, G. F. Fiennes, reviewer, “New Reading on Railways: British Railways Today and Tomorrow. By G. Freeman Allen. Ian Allan. 25s.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 271:
- Writing of cyclic diagramming, he speaks of ". . . the practical state of locomotives that pass through any number of engine and maintenance crews' hands in the course of a week's common user working, receiving love from none". The italics are mine.
- (usually plural but sometimes singular in construction) plural of italic: exaggerated intonation or some similar oral speech device by which one or more words is heavily and usually affectedly emphasized or otherwise given sharp prominence
- Margaret Long
- […] was yapping, her silly voice fraught with italics.
- 1906, W. J. Locke, The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne
- a woman who has an irritating way of speaking in italics
- Margaret Long
Translations[edit]
italic — see italic