unitalicize

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verb

To change (text) from an italic typeface to a non-italic typeface.

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Meanings

verbunitalicize (third-person singular simple present unitalicizes, present participle unitalicizing, simple past and past participle unitalicized)

present singular third person unitalicizes · participle present unitalicizing · participle past unitalicized · past unitalicized

  1. transitivemediaTo change (text) from an italic typeface to a non-italic typeface.

    He unitalicizes some italicized words, he changes 'woulds' to 'shoulds.'

    2013, Richard Ellmann, Oscar Wilde

Origin

From un- + italicize.

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Cite this entry
APA

unitalicize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unitalicize

MLA

“unitalicize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unitalicize. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unitalicize,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unitalicize.

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