No. Please, no italics for any word that's in a standard English
dictionary, for instance, http://www.merriam-webstercollegiate.com/.
I've just spent hours removing italics from "status quo," "bricolage,"
"de facto," and their fellow immigrants into English.
And that dictionary has a pretty flashy definition for "noir," I see.
Joy the copyeditor
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> I thought I'd throw this out here because I know there are a lot of writers and editors on this discussion board.
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> Should the word "noir" be italicized? Or has it been around long enough that it can be thought of as part of the English language now and not italicized?
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> I've seen it both ways, and, unfortunately, written it both ways. I need to pick one.
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