'Italic school' definitions:

Definition of 'Italic school'

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  • Italic \I*tal"ic\, a. [L. Italicus: cf. F. italique. Cf. Italian.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. Relating to Italy or to its people. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Applied especially to a kind of type in which the letters do not stand upright, but slope toward the right; -- so called because dedicated to the States of Italy by the inventor, Aldus Manutius, about the year 1500. [1913 Webster]
  • Italic languages, the group or family of languages of ancient Italy.
  • Italic order (Arch.), the composite order. See Composite.
  • Italic school, a term given to the Pythagorean and Eleatic philosophers, from the country where their doctrines were first promulgated.
  • Italic version. See Itala. [1913 Webster]