2.107 foreign compound adjectives

Some compound adjectives are borrowed from foreign languages, especially from French and Latin.

• ...the arguments once used to defend laissez-faire economics.
• ...their present per capita fuel consumption.
• In the commercial theatre, almost every production is ad hoc.

Here is a list of compound adjectives borrowed from other languages:

• à la mode, a posteriori, a priori, ad hoc, ad lib, au fait, avant-garde, bona fide, compos mentis, cordon bleu, de facto, de jure, de luxe, de rigueur, de trop, ex gratia, hors de combat, infra dig, laissez-faire, non compos mentis, per capita, prima facie, pro rata, sub judice