Following is a partial list of words of foreign origin which should not be italicized even when the original accents are retained. It is better to retain the accents. They are, however, often omitted. Familiarity plays its part here also. _Dénouement_ is very often written without the accent; _née_ is rarely so written. The absence of accented letters from typewriters, from ordinary fonts of type, and from the matrices ordinarily used in type-casting machines probably contributes largely to their omission.
aide de camp Alma Mater a posteriori a priori à propos attaché bas-relief beau ideal bona fide bric-à-brac café chargé d'affaires chiaroscuro clientèle confrère connoisseur crèche criterion, _pl._ -a cul-de-sac data débris début décolleté dénouement dépôt (= depository) doctrinaire dramatis personæ éclat élite ennui entrée ex cathedra ex officio exposé façade facsimile fête habeas corpus habitué innuendo levée littérateur litterati massage matinée mêlée menu motif naïve née net névé niche nil nom de plume papier mâché per annum per capita per cent per contra personnel postmortem (n. and adj.) prima facie pro and con(tra) protégé pro tem(pore) questionnaire queue régime rendezvous résumé reveille rôle savant sobriquet soirée tête-à-tête tonneau umlaut verbatim verso versus (v., vs.) via vice versa vis-à-vis viva voce
Following is a short list of words or phrases of foreign origin which are used occasionally but are not familiar enough to be printed in the text type.
_ab ovo_ _ancien régime_ _bête noire_ _comme il faut_ _de quoi vivre_ _de trop_ _en passant_ _fait accompli_ _grand monde_ _hors de combat_ _inter alia_ _jeu d'esprit_ _locum tenens_ _mise en scène_ _noblesse oblige_ _raison d'être_ _sans cérémonie_ _tour de force_
The following words, phrases, and abbreviations used in literary and legal references should be italicized.
_ad loc._ _circa_ (_ca._) _et al._ _ibid._ _idem_ _infra_ _loc cit._ _op. cit._ _passim_ _sic_ _supra_ _s. v._ _vide_
cf. etc. e. g. i. e. v. or vs. (versus) viz.
When an unfamiliar foreign word is used to convey precise description, put it in italic, but use roman for repetition of the word.
Italicize brief passages of foreign words which may be incorporated into an English passage but may not be long enough to be treated as regular quotations.