Italian 
II. n. 1. A native of Italy, or one of the Ital- 
ian race. 2. The language spoken by the in- 
habitants of Italy, whether the literary speech 
or one of the popular dialects. 
His name's Qonzago; the story is extant, and writ in 
choice Italian. Shak., Hamlet, iii. 2, 272. 
Abbreviated It., Ital. 
Italianatet (i-tal'yan-at), i: t. [< Italian + 
-ate'^.} To render Italian or conformable to 
Italian principles or manners ; Italianize. 
If some yet do not well vnderstand what is an English 
man Italianated, I will plainlie tell him. 
Ascham, The Scholemaster, p. 78. 
If any Englishman be infected with any misdemeanour, 
they say with one mouth he is Italianated. 
Lyly, Euphues. 
Italianate (i-tal'yan-at), a, [< Italian + -ate 1 .] 
Italianized; having become like an Italian : ap- 
plied especially to fantastic affectation of fash- 
ions borrowed from Italy. [Rare.] 
All his words, 
His lookes, his oathes, are all ridiculous, 
All apish, childish, and Italianate. 
Dekker, Old Fortunatus. 
An Englishman Italianate 
Is a devil incarnate. 
Quoted in S. Clark's Examples (1670). 
With this French page and Italianate serving-man was 
our young landlord only waited on. 
Middleton, Father Hubbard's Tales. 
He found the old minister from Haddam East Village 
Italianate outwardly in almost ludicrous degree. 
Howells, Indian Summer, p. 173. 
Italianisation, Italianise, etc. See Italianiza- 
tion, etc. 
Italianism (i-tal' yam-tan), . [< Italian + 
-ism.} A word, phrase, idiom, or manner pe- 
culiar to the Italians ; Italian spirit, principles, 
or taste. 
It was, perhaps, an ungracious thing to be critical, among 
all the appealing old Italianism^ round me. 
U. James, Jr., Trans. Sketches, p. 178. 
Italianity (i-tal-yan'i-ti), n. [< Italian + -ity.~\ 
Italianism. [Rare.] 
The " Venetian," in spite of its peculiar Italianiti/, has 
naturally special points of contact with the other dialects 
of Upper Italy. Encyc. Brit., XIII. 494. 
Italianization (i-taF'yan-i-za'shon), n. [< Ital- 
ianize + -ation.} The act or process of render- 
ing or of being rendered Italian. Also spelled 
Italianisation. 
The border dialects, being numerous and very diverse 
in character, present a very strong concentrated drift to- 
wards italianization. Amer. Jour. Philol., IV. 488. 
Italianize (i-tal'yan-iz), v. ; pret. and pp. Ital- 
ianised, ppr. Italianizing. [< Italian + -fee.] I. 
intrans. To play the Italian ; speak Italian. 
II. trans. To render Italian ; impart an Ital- 
ian quality or character to. 
Also spelled Italianise. 
Italianizer (i-tal'yan-I-zer), n. One who pro- 
motes the influence of Italian principles, tastes, 
manners, etc. Also spelled Italianiser. 
Italic (i-tal'ik), a. and n. [Formerly also Ital- 
ick; = P. Italiqite = Sp. Itdlico = Pg. It. Itali- 
co, < L. Italicus, Italian, < Italia, Italy, Italics, 
an Italian: see Italian.'} I. a. 1. Of or per- 
taining to ancient Italy or the tribes, including 
the Romans, which inhabited it, or to their 
languages. 
The Latin was the only Italic dialect known to the 
Middle Ages which possessed an alphabetic system. 
G. P. Marsh, Hist. Eng. Lang., p. 15. 
2. Of or pertaining to modern Italy. [Rare.] 
All things of this world are ... as unpleasant as the 
lees of vinegar to a tongue filled with the spirit of high 
Italic wines. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 65. 
Specifically (a) In arch., same as Composite, 3. (b) [I c. 
or cap.] Of Italian origin : designating a style of printing- 
types the lines of which slope toward theright(thus, italic), 
used for emphasis and other distinctive purposes. The 
italic character was first made and shown in type by Aldus 
Manutius, a notable printer of Venice, in an edition of 
Virgil, 1501, and by him dedicated to Italy. The first italic 
had upright capitals, but later French type-founders in- 
clined them to the same angle as the small letters. In 
manuscript italic is indicated by underscoring the words 
with a single line. Italic school of philosophy. Same 
as Pythagorean school of philosophy (which see under Pu- 
thagorean). Italic version, of the Bible, or Itala,& trans- 
lation of the Bible into Latin, based upon a still older ver- 
sion, called the Old Latin,, and made probablyin the time 
of Augustine(A. D. 354-430). The corruption of thetextof 
this and the other Latin versions led to the revision called 
the Vulgate, the work of Jerome. See Vulgate. 
II. n. [I. c.] In printing, an italic letter or 
type: usually in the plural: as, this is to be 
printed in italics. Abbreviated ital. 
The italics are yours, but I adopt them with concurrent 
emphasis. y. 4, R^., CXLIII. 22. 
Italican (i-tal'i-kan), a. [< Italic + -an.'] Of 
or pertaining to ancient Italy, [Rare.] 
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It [the Etruscan language] has even quite recently 
been pronounced Aryan or Indo-European, of the Italican 
branch, by scholars of high rank. 
Whitney, Encyc. Brit., XVIII. 780. 
italicisation, italicise. See italieization, ital- 
icise. 
Italicism (i-tal 'i-sizm), re. [< Italic + -ism.} An 
Italianism. 
italieization (i-tal"i-si-za'shgn), n. [< italicize 
+ -ation.} The act of underscoring words in 
writing, or of printing words underscored in 
italic type ; italicizing. Also spelled italicisa- 
tion. 
The italicisation is mine. 
The Academy, March 17, 1888, p. 184. 
italicize(i-tal'i-siz),0. t.; pret. and pp. italicized, 
ppr. italicizing. [< italic + -ize.} To print in 
italic type, or underscore with a single line in 
writing : as, to italicize emphatic words or sen- 
tences ; in old books all names were commonly 
italicized. Also spelled italicise. 
italicizing (i-tal'i-si-zing), . [Verbal n. of 
italicize, v.} Same as italieization, and more 
common. 
Italiot, Italiote (i-tal'i-ot, -6t), re. and a. [< Gr. 
'Ira)uuT7if, < IraUa, Italy: see Italian.} I. n. In 
anc. hist., an Italian Greek; a person of Greek 
birth or descent living in Italy; an inhabitant 
of Magna Grsecia. 
II. a. Inane. hist., of or belonging to the Greek 
settlements in southern Italy. 
He sought to reconcile Ionian monism with Italiote 
dualism. Encyc. Brit., XVIII. 315. 
Our author evidently feels that this parallel progress of 
the Jtaliot Greeks tells against his argument. 
J. Hadley, Essays, p. 15. 
Italisht, a. [< Ital(ic) + -ish. Cf. Italic.} 
Italian ; in the Italian manner. 
All this is true, though the feat handling thereof be al- 
together Italish, Bp. Bale, Select Works, p. 9. 
Italo-Byzantine (it'a-16-biz'an-tin), a. In art, 
noting the Byzantine styles as developed and 
practised in Italy; combining Byzantine and 
Italian characteristics. 
Numerous fragments of ornaments and animals in the 
same Italo-Byzantine style are set into the wall of the 
atrium of the church of Santa Maria della Valle. 
C. C. Perkins, Italian Sculpture, Int., p. xii. 
ita-palm (it'a-pam), n. [< ita, a S. Amer. name, 
+ E. palnfi.] A tall palm, Mauritia flexuosa, 
common along the Amazon, Rio Negro, and 
Orinoco rivers, where it sometimes presents 
the appearance of forests rising out of the wa- 
ter. The outer part of the leaves is made into a stout 
cord ; the fermented sap yields a palm-wine ; and the in- 
ner part of the stem furnishes a starchy substance simi- 
lar to sago. 
itch (ich), v. i. [< ME. icchen, iken, ykyn, ear- 
lier giken, geken (cf. E. dial, yuck, yuik), < AS. 
giccan = D. jeuken = MLG. joken, jucken, LG. 
jocken = OHG. jucchan, juchan, juchen, jucken, 
MHG. G,. jucken, itch.] 1. To feel a peculiar 
irritation or tingling of the skin, producing an 
inclination to scratch the part so affected. 
Oure body wole icche, oure bonis wole ake, 
Oure owne fleisch wole ben oure foo. 
Hymns to Virgin, etc. (E. E. T. S.), p. 80. 
Mine eyes do itch; 
Doth that bode weeping? 
Shak., Othello, iv. 3, 58. 
Hence 2. To experience a provoking, teasing, 
or tingling desire to do or to get something. 
Princes commend a private life ; private men itch after 
honour. Burton, Anat. of Mel., To the Reader, p. 35. 
Plain truths enough for needful use they found : 
But men would still be itching to expound. 
Dryden, Beligio Laici, 1. 410. 
An itching palm, a grasping disposition ; a longing for 
acquisition ; greed of gain. 
Let me tell you, Cassius, you yourself 
Are much condemn'd to have an itching palm, 
To sell and mart your offices for gold. 
Shak., J. C.,iv. 3, 10. 
itch (ich), n. {_< itch, v.] 1 . A tingling sensa- 
tion of irritation in the skin, produced by dis- 
ease (see def. 2) or in any other way. 2. An 
inflammation of the human skin, caused by 
the presence of a minute mite, Sarcoptes scabiei 
(see itch-mite), presenting papules, vesicles, and 
pustules, and accompanied with great itching; 
scabies. 
The Itch, the Murrein, and Alcides-grief, 
In Ver's hot-moysture doe molest vs chief 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii.. The Furies. 
Itches, blains, 
Sow all the Athenian bosoms ; and their crop 
Be general leprosy ! Shak., T. of A., iv. 1, 28. 
Hence 3. An uneasy longing or propensity; 
a teasing or tingling desire: as, an itch for 
praise ; an itch for scribbling. 
-ite 
This itch of book -making . . . seems no less the prevail- 
ing disorder of England than of France. 
Goldsmith, Criticisms. 
There is a spice of the scoundrel in most of our literary 
men ; an itch to filch and detract in the midst of fair 
speaking and festivity. Landor. 
Bakers', bricklayers', grocers', etc., itch. See the qual- 
ifying words. Dhobie r s or washerman's itch. See 
dhobie. 
itchfult (ich'ful), a. [< itch + -//.] Itchy. 
Palsgrave. 
itchiness (ich'i-nes), n. The quality or state 
of being itchy ; sensation of itching ; tendency 
to itch. 
This itchiness is especially marked if the lid and cheeks 
become excoriated and inflamed. 
J. S. Wells, Dis. of Eye, p. 75. 
itching (ieh'ing), re. [Verbal n. of itch, v.} 1. 
The sensation caused by a peculiar irrita- 
tion with pricking, tingling, or tickling in the 
skin. 
It (eczema] is chiefly obnoxious through its itching, 
which is sometimes so great as to produce violent excite- 
ment of the nervous system. Quain, Med. Diet. 
Hence 2. A morbid, irritating, or tantalizing 
desire to have or to do something. 
The itching of Scribblers was the scab of the Time. 
Bowell, Letters, ii. 48. 
All fools have still an itching to deride, 
And fain would be upon the laughing side, 
Pope, Essay on Criticism, 1. 32. 
itching-berry (ich'ing-ber"i), n. The fruit of 
the dogrose, Rosa canina: so called because 
the hairy seeds produce irritation of the skin. 
itch-insect (ich'in"sekt), n. An itch-mite. 
itchless (ich'les), a. [< itch + -less.} Free from 
itch ; not itching. 
One rubs his itchless elbow, shrugs and laughs. 
Quarles, Emblems, i. 9. 
itch-mite (ich'mit), re. A mite which burrows in 
the skin, and causes the disease called the itch 
or scabies. There 
are several species, 
having similartraits, 
and all belonging 
to the order Aca- 
rida, Acaridea, or 
Acarina, of the class 
Arachnida. The 
genuine itch-mite 
is Sarcoptes scabiei. 
The female is about 
,vi of an inch long, 
the male much 
smaller ; the body 
is oval or rounded, 
without eyes, and 
with 4 pairs of short 
3-jointed legs, the 
anterior 2 parrs end- 
ing in a sucking- 
disk, the posterior 2 
pairs ending, in the 
female, in a long fila- 
ment. Its favorite 
haunts are between 
the fingers, the flexor side of the wrists and elbows, and 
the region of the groin. It can be transferred from person 
to person. 
itchweed (ieh'wed), n. The American false 
hellebore, Veratrum viride. 
itchy (ich'i), a. [< itch + -yl.] 1. Character- 
ized by or having an itching sensation. 
Takes the coming gold 
Of insolent and base ambition, 
That hourly rubs his dry and itchy palms. 
. Jonson, Cynthia's Bevels, iii. 2. 
Excess, the scrofulous and itchy plague, 
That seizes first the opulent. 
Camper, Task, iv. 582. 
2. Having the itch: as, an itchy beggar. 
-ite 1 . [= F. -i, -it, m., -ite, f ., = Sp. Pg. It. -ito, 
m., -ita, f., < L. -itus, -itus, m., -ita, -ita, f., -Hum, 
-Hum, n., term, of the pp. of verbs in -ere, -ere, 
or -ire, being the pp. suffix -tus (= E. -d 2 , -ed%), 
with a preceding original or supplied vowel: 
see -ate'-, -ed 2 .} A termination of some Eng- 
lish adjectives and nouns from adjectives, and 
of some verbs, derived from the Latin, as in 
apposite, composite, opposite, exquisite, requisite, 
erudite, recondite, etc . Its use in verbs, as in expedite, 
extradite, ignite, unite, and in nouns not directly from ad- 
jectives, as in granite, is less common. When the vowel 
is short, the termination is often merely -it, as in deposit, 
reposit, posit, merit, inhabit, prohibit, etc. It is not used 
or felt as an English formative. In a few words, as ap- 
petite, audit, from Latin nouns of the fourth declension, 
no adjective form intervenes. 
-ite 2 . [< F. -ite = Sp. Pg. It. -ita, < L. -ita, -ites, 
< Gr. -iTt/f, fern, -irtf, an adj. suffix, 'of the na- 
ture of,' 'like,' used esp. in patrial and mineral 
names.] A suffix of Greek origin, indicating 
origin or derivation from, or immediate rela- 
tion with, the person or thing signified by the 
noun to which it is attached. Specifically (o) 
Noting a native or resident of a place : as, Stittjyrite, a iia- 
Under Side of Itch-mite (Sarcoptes 
scabiei}, highly magnified. 
