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ITALICS

 

Italicize—

Words and phrases to which it is desired to lend emphasis.

Words and phrases from foreign languages, occurring in the text, except when they are quoted, or form part of a conversation. Do not italicize foreign words of everyday occurrence. Words in the following list need not be italicized:—^[1]

aide-de-camp

apropos

attaché

bas-relief

beau-ideal

bric-à-brac

café

chargé d'affaires

chiaroscuro

clientèle

confrère

connoisseur

cortge

coryphée

criterion (-a)

cul-de-sac

data

débris

début

décolleté

dénouement

dépôt (= depository)

doctrinaire

éclat

élite

ennui

entrée

exposé

façade

facsimile

fête

habitué

innuendo

levee

literati

littérateur

massage

matintée

mêlée

menu

motif

naïve

née

negligee

niche

papier maché

per annum

per capita

per cent

personnel

pro and con(tra)

protégé

queue

régime

rendezvous

résumé

réveillé

rôle

savant

sobriquet

soirée

tête-à-tête

umlaut

valet de chambre

via

vis-à-vis

Titles of books, pamphlets, etc., in prefaces, introductions, footnotes, and end-notes, and in Educational Department publications, unless otherwise indicated, in both text and footnotes. Also in the text in cases where the copy is so marked, and special instructions have been given to follow the copy.

Names of genera and species in zoological and botanical matter, and names of stars in constellations in astronomical matter. Medical terms are not italicized.

The words See and See also, when used for purposes of cross-reference in indexes.

Letters used to indicate subdivisions; as, (a) (b) (c). And a, b, c, etc., affixed to figures; as, ii4a.

Letters used in algebraic and other mathematical work.

1. See also the list of Latin abbreviations on page 7 supra.