plural form 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
a woman who has an irritating way of speaking in italics.
a type of printed letters that lean to the right, often used to emphasize particular words in italics (italicus , from italikos, from Italia ; because these letters were introduced by a 16th-century Italian printer, Aldus Manutius)
To make text within a document stand out from other text by making the text slant to the right
A variation of typestyle (qv) in which the characters appear slanted and more cursive This is italics
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