AFFAIRE D'AMOUR (Fr.), a love affair.
AFFAIRE DE COEUR (Fr.), an affair of the heart.
AFFAIRE D'HONNEUR (Fr.), an affair of honour.
AFFENTHALER (Ger.), a kind of hock.
AFFICHE (Fr.), a notice, placard, advertisement,--AFFICHÉ, posted up,
published.
AFFREUX (Fr.), frightful.
AFIN DE (Fr.), in order to.
AFIN QUE (Fr.), to the end that.
À FOND (Fr.), to the bottom: thoroughly.
À FORFAIT (Fr.), by contract, by the job.
A FORTIORI (L.), with stronger reason.
AGAÇANT, fem. AGAÇANTE (Fr.), provoking, alluring;--AGAÇERIE, allurement.
AGALLOCHUM (L.). See under _Aloe_ in Dict.
AGAMEMNON (Gr.), the leader of the Greeks in the Trojan war, king of
Mycenæ: a generic name for a king.
AGANIPPE (Gr.), a fountain on Mount Helicon sacred to the Muses, supplying
poetic inspiration: poetic genius generally.
AGAR-AGAR (Malay), an edible seaweed, used in the East for jelly and glue
and for dressing silks.
AGATHODÆMON (Gr.), a good genius or minor divinity.
À GAUCHE (Fr.), to the left.
À GENOUX (Fr.), on the knees.
AGE QUID AGAS (L.), do what you are doing--i.e. with all your powers.
AGERASIA (Gr.), a hearty and healthy old age.
AGGER (L.), a mound, rampart.
A GIORNO (It.), like daylight.
AGNUS CASTUS (L.), the chaste-tree or Abraham's balm, a species of _vitex_.
AGONOTHETES (Gr.), one who managed public games in ancient Greece.
À GRANDS FRAIS (Fr.), at great expense.
AGRÉMENTS (Fr.), graceful courtesies, charms, blandishments.
À HAUTE VOIX (Fr.), aloud.
AHRIMAN, the principle of evil and darkness in the Old Persian
mythology--the opposite of _Ormuzd_ (q.v. in Dict.).
À HUIS CLOS (Fr.), with closed doors.
AIDE (Fr.), an assistant, a helper, a mate.
AIDE DE CAMP (Fr.), an aide-de-camp (q.v. in Dict.).
AIDE-MÉMOIRE (Fr.), an aid to the memory, a reminder, a memorandum-book.
AIDE TOI, LE CIEL T'AIDERA (Fr.), help yourself and Heaven will help you.
AID[=O]S (Gr.), shame, modesty.
AIGRE-DOUX, fem. -DOUCE (Fr.), sourish, rather bitter;--aigreur,
sourness;--aigri, soured, embittered.
AILES DE PIGEON (Fr.), pigeon's wings--powdered side-curls (of hair).
AÎNÉ, fem. AÎNÉE (Fr.), elder, senior--opposed to _puîné_ or
_cadet_=younger.
AIR NOBLE (Fr.), an air of distinction.
À JAMAIS (Fr.), for ever.
AJAX (L.,--Gr.), the Greek hero next to Achilles in the Trojan war: a
privy, by a pun on a _jakes_.
À L'ABANDON (Fr.), at random, left uncared for.
À LA BELLE ÉTOILE (Fr.), in the open air.
À LA BONNE HEURE (Fr.), in good or favourable time--well and good, very
good, that is right.
À LA BRAISE (Fr.), braised, half-baked and half-stewed.
À L'ABRI (Fr.), under shelter.
À LA CAMPAGNE (Fr.), in the country.
À LA CARTE (Fr.), according to the bill of fare.
À LA DÉROBÉE (Fr.), by stealth.
À LA FRANÇAISE (Fr.), after the French mode;--À LA PARISIENNE (Fr.), in the
Parisian style.
À LA GRECQUE (Fr.), in the Greek style.
À LA HAUTEUR (Fr.), on a level with, abreast of.
ALALAGMOS (Gr.), war-cry, cry of alala.
À LA LANTERNE (Fr.), to the lamp(-chain)--of the murders by the mob in the
French Revolution, when the victims were seized and hanged on the chains
from which hung the street lamps.
À LA MAIN (Fr.), in hand, ready: by hand.
À LA MAÎTRE D'HÔTEL (Fr.), in the style of a house-steward, of a
hotel-keeper: in major-domo fashion.
ALAMBIQUÉ (Fr.), over-elaborated, hyper-refined.
À LA MILITAIRE (Fr.), in military style.
À LA MODE (Fr.), according to the custom: in fashion.
À LA MORT (Fr.), to the death.
À L'ANGLAISE (Fr.), in the English style.
À L'ANTIQUE (Fr.), in antique style.
À LA ROMAINE (Fr.), in Roman style.
À LA RUSSE (Fr.), in Russian fashion--of dinners the courses of which are
served from side-tables.
À LA TARTUFFE (Fr.), like Tartuffe, hypocritically.
A LATERE, AB LATERE (L.), lit. 'from the side,' in intimate association
with, confidential--of legates sent by the Pope.
ALATERNUS (Late L.), a species of blackthorn (_Rhamnus_).
À LA VICTIME (Fr.), in the fashion of a victim.
À LA VOLÉE (Fr.), on the flight--of any quick return.
ALBERGO, ALBERGE (It.), an inn, auberge.
ALBION (L.), an old name of Great Britain--usually said to be from the
white (L. _albus_) cliffs of Kent.
ALBRICIAS (Sp.), a reward to the bearer of good news.
ALBUM GRÆCUM (Late L.), the dried dung of dogs, once used for inflammation
of the throat.
ALCAICERIA (Sp.), a bazaar.
ALCARRAZA (Sp.), a porous earthen vessel for cooling water by evaporation.
ALCAZAR (Sp.), a palace, fortress, bazaar.
ALCIDES (L.,--Gr.), a patronymic of Hercules, from Alcæus, the name of the
father of his mother's husband.
AL CONTO (It.), à la carte. See _à la carte_ above.
ALCORZA (Sp.), a kind of sweetmeat.
ALDEA, ALDEE (Sp.), a village, hamlet.
ALEA BELLI INCERTA (L.), the hazard of war is uncertain.
ALEA JACTA EST, or rather _jacta est alea_ (L.), the die is cast (said by
Cæsar on crossing the Rubicon).
ALECT[=O] (Gr.), one of the Furies or Eumenides or Erinyes.
ALECTRY[=O]N (Gr.), a cock.
À L'ENVI (Fr.), emulously.
ALEPINE, ALAPEEN, a mixed stuff of wool and silk or of cotton and
mohair--named from Aleppo.
ALERE FLAMMAM (L.), to feed the flame.
ALEXIPHARMACON (Gr.), an antidote, counter-poison.
À L'EXTÉRIEUR (Fr.), on the outside, abroad.
À L'EXTRÉMITÉ (Fr.), to the end of one's resources, to extremes, at the
point of death.
ALFAQUI (Sp.), a lawyer.
ALFERES, ALFEREZ (Sp.), standard-bearer.
ALFORJA (Sp.), a saddle-bag: the cheek-pouch of a baboon.
ALGARROBA (Sp.), the carob tree and bean: a South American mimosa.
À L'IMPROVISTE (Fr.), on a sudden, unawares.
À L'INTÉRIEUR (Fr.), in the inside, at home.
ALIQUANDO BONUS DORMITAT HOMERUS (L.), sometimes the good Homer nods--the
brightest genius is sometimes dull.
ALIQUID HÆRET (L.), something sticks.
ALIUNDE (L.), from another place.
ALLA FRANCA (It.), in the French style.
ALLAH IL ALLAH, a corr. of Ar. _l[=a] il[=a]ha ill[=a] 'll[=a]h_=there is
no God but the God--the Moslem war-cry.
ALLA VOSTRA SALUTE (It.), to your health.
ALLÉE (Fr.), an avenue, a walk or garden-path.
ALLEZ VOUS EN! (Fr.), away with you! begone!
ALLIUM (L.), the genus to which the leek and onion belong.
ALLOEOSTROPHA (Gr.), arranged in irregular strophes.
ALLONS (Fr.), let us go: come on: come.
ALLURE (Fr.), mien, gait, air.
ALMA (It.), soul, essence.
ALMA MATER (L.), benign mother--applied by old students to their
university.
ALNASCHAR, a figure in Galland's _Arabian Nights_ who, having no basis but
a basket of glass-ware for sale, dreams of making a fortune and marrying a
princess, but in his pride kicks the princess of his dream, and so destroys
the real foundation of his fortune--hence any one whose illusions of good
fortune are disastrously dispelled.
ALOPECIA (L.,--Gr.), fox mange: a skin disease, which destroys the hair.
À L'OUTRANCE (Fr.), erroneously written for _à outrance_ (q.v.).
ALPARCA, ALPARGATE (Port., prob. from Basque), a hempen shoe or sandal.
AL PASTO (It.), according to a fixed rate--of meals in a restaurant.
ALPEEN (Ir.), a cudgel.
AL PIU (It.), at most.
AL SEGNO (It.), to the sign--a direction to the performer to go back to and
repeat from the place marked thus--[Segno]
ALSIRAT (Ar.), the bridge across mid-hell to the Mohammedan paradise.
ALTER EGO (L.), one's second self: a friend, a representative.
ALTER IDEM (L.), another precisely similar.
ALTER IPSE AMICUS (L.), a friend is another self.
ALTERNIS VICIBUS (L.), in alternative turns.
ALTERNUM TANTUM (L.), as much more.
ALTESSE (Fr.), highness;--ALTEZA (Sp.);--ALTEZZA (It.).
ALTHING (Norse), the former supreme court of Iceland.
ALTUM SILENTIUM, (L.), profound silence.
AMABILIS INSANIA (L.), a pleasing delusion.
AMADAVAT, AVADAVAT (Anglo-Ind.), an Indian songbird, of family
_Fringillidæ_.
À MAIN ARMÉE (Fr.), by force of arms, with mailed fist.
A MAJORI [AD MINUS] (L.), from the greater [to the less].
AMALTHÆA (Gr.), the goat which suckled Zeus. See _Cornucopia_ in Dict.
AMANT, fem. AMANTE (Fr.), a lover.
AMANTES: AMENTES (L.), lovers: lunatics.
AMANTIUM IRÆ AMORIS INTEGRATIO EST (L.), lovers' quarrels are a renewal of
love.
AMARE SIMUL ET SAPERE IPSI JOVI NON DATUR (L.), to be in love and to be
wise at the same time is not granted even to Jupiter.
AMARI ALIQUID (L.), somewhat bitter.
AMATA BENE (L.), well loved (fem.).
A MAXIMIS AD MINIMA (L.), from the greatest to the least.
AMAZONE (Fr.), a lady's riding-habit.
ÂME DAMNÉE (Fr.), lit. 'damned soul,' any one's tool or agent blindly
devoted to one's will.
ÂME DE BOUE (Fr.), a soul of mud, a low-minded person.
A MENSÂ ET TORO (L.), from bed and board.
ÂME PERDUE (Fr.), lit. 'lost soul,' a desperate character.
 MERVEILLE (Fr.), wonderfully, perfectly.
AMICIZIA (It.), friendship, an intrigue.
AMICUS CURIÆ (L.), a friend of the court: a disinterested adviser, not a
party to the case (wrongly, a friend in high quarters).
AMICUS HUMANI GENERIS (L.), a friend of the human race.
AMICUS PLATO, AMICUS SOCRATES, SED MAGIS AMICA VERITAS (L.), Plato is dear
to me, Socrates is dear, but truth is dearer still.
AMICUS USQUE AD ARAS (L.), a friend even to the altar--i.e. to the last
extremity.
AMI DE COUR (Fr.), a court friend.
AMIE (Fr.), a mistress--fem. of AMI, a friend.
A MINORI [AD MAJUS] (L.), from the less [to the greater].
AMITIÉ (Fr.), friendship.
À MOITIÉ (Fr.), half, by halves.
AMOMUM (L.,--Gr.), an aromatic plant, once loosely used, now applied to a
genus of _Zingiberaceæ_.
À MON AVIS (Fr.), in my opinion.
AMORINO (It.), a cupid.
AMOROSA, pl. AMOROSI, fem. of AMOROSO (It.), a mistress.
AMOR PATRIÆ (L.), love of country.
AMOR SCELERATUS HABENDI (L.), the accursed love of possessing.
AMORTISSEMENT (Fr.), amortisation. See _Amortise_ in Dict.
AMOR VINCIT OMNIA (L.), love conquers all things.
AMPHIGOURI (Fr.), any nonsensical rigmarole.
AMPOULÉ, fem. AMPOULÉE (Fr.), bombastic.
AMTMAN, AMPTMAN, also AMMAN (Eng.,--Ger.), a district magistrate, a civil
officer in charge of an _amt_, a steward or bailiff.
ANA, written [=a][=a], [=a] (Low L.,--Gr.), used in recipes to mean
throughout, in equal quantity or proportion (of each ingredient); hence
sometimes as noun, 'an equal quantity' or 'number.'
ANAK, pl. ANAKIM (Heb.), a race of giants.
ANANK[=E] (Gr.), necessity.
ANATHEMA SIT, let him be accursed (1 Cor. xvi. 22).
A NATURA REI (L.), from the nature of the case.
ANAX (Gr.), a prince.
'ANCH' IO SON PITTORE' (It.), 'I, too, am a painter' [said by Correggio
with pride on looking at Raphael's picture of St Cecilia].
ANCIEN RÉGIME (Fr.), the old order of things [esp. before the French
Revolution];--ANCIENNE NOBLESSE, the nobility of the foregoing.
ANCILE, pl. ANCILIA (L.), the shield which fell from heaven in the reign of
Numa Pompilius, on the safety of which the prosperity of Rome depended.
ANGEKOK, an Eskimo conjurer.
ANGLICÈ (L.), in English.
ANGUIS IN HERBA (L.), snake in the grass.
ANICUT, ANNICUT, a Tamil name for a dam or weir across a river.
ANIMAL BIPES (L.), the two-footed animal, man;--ANIMAL IMPLUME,
featherless;--ANIMAL RATIONALE, rational;--ANIMAL RISIBILE, able to laugh.
ANIMA MUNDI (L.), the soul of the world--a Platonic conception.
ANIMO ET FIDE (L.), by courage and faith.
ANIMULA VAGULA (L.), little soul flitting away--beginning of a poem
ascribed to the dying Hadrian, translated or paraphrased by Prior, Pope,
Byron, and Dean Merivale.
ANNO ÆTATIS SUÆ (L.), in the year of his [or her] age.
ANNO CHRISTI (L.), in the year of Christ.
ANNO DOMINI (L.), in the year of our Lord.
ANNO MUNDI (L.), in the year of the world.
ANNO SALUTIS (L.), in the year of redemption.
ANNO URBIS CONDITÆ (L.), in the year the city [Rome] was built (753 B.C.).
ANNUS MIRABILIS (L.), year of wonders.
ANONYMA (Gr.), a showy woman of light fame whom one is not supposed to
know.
ANTAR, the hero of an Arabian romance based on the exploits of Antara ben
Shadd[=a]d;--`ANTER[=I] (pl. `AN[=A]TIRA), a reciter of romances in Egypt.
ANTE AGAMEMNONA. See _vixere fortes_.
ANTE BELLUM (L.), before the war.
ANTE LUCEM (L.), before light.
ANTE MERIDIEM (L.), before noon.
ANTEROS (Gr.), a deity capable of resisting Eros or love.
ANTIBARBARUS (Late L.), a name applied to a collection of words and
locutions to be avoided in the classical usage of a language.
ANTICHTHON (Gr.), a counter-earth, placed by Pythagoreans on the opposite
side of the sun--its inhabitants the ANTICHTHONES, hence antipodeans
generally.
ANTICYRA (Gr.), a town of Phocis in ancient Greece, abounding in hellebore,
reported a cure for insanity--hence _naviget Anticyram_=let him sail to
Anticyra (i.e. he is mad).
ANTIPASTO (It.), a whet before a meal.
ANTIQUARIUM (L.), a collection of antiquities.
ANZÌANO, pl. ANZÌANI (It.), an elder, magistrate.
À OUTRANCE (Fr.), to excess, furiously, with a vengeance, to the bitter
end: rapturously, to the echo [of applause]: furious, desperate.
APAGE, SATANA, get thee behind me, Satan (Matt. iv. 10).
A PARIBUS (L.), from equals.
A PARTE ANTE (L.), on the side before--opp. to _a parte post_, on the side
after.
À PAS DE GÉANT (Fr.), with a giant's stride.
À PERTE DE VUE (Fr.), till beyond one's view.
À PEU PRÈS (Fr.), nearly.
ÄPFEL-STRUDEL (Ger.), a wafery paste made of flour, butter, and warm water,
covered with buttered bread-crumbs, raisins, sugar, allspice, and apples,
and rolled up.
A PIACÉRE (It.), at pleasure.
À PIED (Fr.), on foot.
À PIEDS JOINTS (Fr.), with feet joined.
À PLAISIR (Fr.), at pleasure.
À POINT (Fr.), to a point: exactly right.
APOLLINARIS, an alkaline mineral water containing carbonate of soda,
derived from the Apollinaris Spring in the valley of the Ahr, in the Rhine
province.
APOLLO, the Greek sun-god, a representative of youthful manly beauty.
APOLOGIA (Gr.), an apologetic writing.
APOPHYGE, APOPHYGIS (Gr.), the curving out of the top or bottom of a column
from the capital or base.
APOPHYSIS, pl. APOPHYSES, a process of a bone.
APOPRO[=E]GMENA (Gr.), things rejected--opp. to _proegmena_, things
preferred.
ÀPORIA (Gr.), in rhetoric, a professed doubt of what to say or to choose.
APORRH[=E]TA (Gr.), esoteric doctrines.
À PORTÉE (Fr.), within reach or range.
A POSSE AD ESSE (L.), from the possible to the actual.
APOSTOLICON (Gr.), apostles' ointment, a sovereign salve.
APPALTO (It.), farm: monopoly.
APPARTEMENT (Fr.), a set of rooms in a house for an individual or a family.
APPEL AU PEUPLE (Fr.), a plebiscite.
APPEL NOMINAL (Fr.), call of the names--call of the House.
APPUI (Fr.), prop, support.
APRÈS (Fr.), after;--APRÈS COUP, too late.
APRÈS MOI LE DÉLUGE (Fr.), after me the deluge: then the deluge may come
when it likes.
A PRIMA VISTA (It.), at first sight.
À PROPOS DE BOTTES (Fr.), apropos of boots--i.e. without real relevancy.
À PROPOS DE RIEN (Fr.), apropos of nothing.
AQUA (L.), water;--AQUA CÆLESTIS, a sovereign cordial;--AQUA FONTANA,
spring water.
À QUATRE (Fr.), of or between four: four together.
À QUATRE ÉPINGLES (Fr.), lit. 'with four pins,' with the most careful
neatness.
À QUATRE MAINS (Fr.), for four hands.
A QUATR' OCCHI (It.), lit. 'to four eyes,' face to face, tête-à-tête.
AQUA VITÆ (L.), water of life.
AQUILA NON CAPIT MUSCAS (L.), an eagle does not catch flies.
À QUOI BON? (Fr.), what's the good of it?
À RAVIR (Fr.), in ravishing style.
ARBITER ELEGANTIARUM (L.), a judge in matters of taste.
ARBITRIUM (L.), power of decision.
ARCADES AMBO (L.), Arcadians both, both alike.
ARCANA CÆLESTIA (L.), celestial mysteries.
ARCANA IMPERII (L.), state secrets.
ARC DE TRIOMPHE (Fr.), triumphal arch.
ARC-EN-CIEL (Fr.), rainbow.
ARCHÆUS (Late L. from Gr.), a personification by Paracelsus of animal and
vegetable life.
ARDENTIA VERBA (L.), words that burn, glowing language.
AREB (Hind. _arb_), a sum of 10 crore, or 100,000,000.
ARGALA (Hind. _harg[=i]l[=a]_), the Indian adjutant-bird or gigantic crane.
ARGENT COMPTANT (Fr.), ready money.
ARGUMENTI CAUSÂ (L.), for the sake of argument.
ARGUMENTUM AB INCONVENIENTI (L.), argument from the inconvenient.
ARGUMENTUM AD CRUMENAM (L.), argument to the purse.
ARGUMENTUM AD REM (L.), argument to the purpose.
ARGUMENTUM BACULINUM (L.), the argument of the stick, club-law--the
ultimate appeal.
ARISTIDES (Gr.), an embodiment of justice, from the figure in ancient Greek
history.
ARISTIPPUS (Gr.), an embodiment of self-indulgence, from the founder of the
Cyrenaic school of philosophy.
ARISTON MEN HYDOR (Gr.), nothing like water.
ARISTON METRON (Gr.), the middle course is the best: the golden mean.
ARRECTIS AURIBUS (L.), with ears pricked up.
ARRIÈRE-GARDE (Fr.), rear-guard.
ARRIÈRE PENSÉE (Fr.), a mental reservation.
ARS EST CELARE ARTEM (L.), true art is to conceal art.
ARS LONGA, VITA BREVIS (L.), art is long, life short.
ARTIUM BACCALAUREUS (L.), Bachelor of Arts.
ARTIUM MAGISTER or MAGISTER ARTIUM (L.), Master of Arts.
A SALTI (It.), by fits and starts.
ASBESTOS GEL[=O]S (Gr.), inextinguishable laughter.
ASHERAH, the sacred tree erected beside Canaanite altars, wrongly
translated in the A.V. as 'grove.' See _Grove_ in Dict.
ASHTAROTH (pl.), ASHTORETH (pl.), ASTARTE, the chief Canaanite goddess,
female counterpart to Baal, corresponding to the Assyrian _Ishtar_.
ASINUS AD LYRAM (L.), an ass at the lyre, one ignorant of music.
ASKESIS, ASCESIS (Late L.--Gr.); training: the monastic life, asceticism.
ASMODEUS, ASMODAY, an evil spirit of Semitic mythology, whose functions are
seen in Le Sage's story, _Le Diable Boiteux_.
ASPASIA, a gifted Athenian courtesan, mistress of Pericles--any charming
and accomplished woman of easy morals.
ASSEZ BIEN (Fr.), pretty well.
ASSIETTE (Fr.), plate, course of meat.
ASSONANCIA, ASSONANCY (Sp.), assonance.
ASSORA (Ar. _al-s[=u]ra_), a chapter or section of the Koran.
ASTATKI (Turk.), refuse petroleum.
ASTOLFO, ASTOLPHO, the name of one of Charlemagne's paladins.
ASTRA CASTRA, NUMEN LUMEN (L.), the stars my camp, God my lamp.
ASTRÆA, the goddess of justice in Greek mythology who lived on earth during
the Golden Age, but fled from man's impiety.
ATABEK, an ancient Turkish title of honour.
ATALANTA, a fleet-footed Arcadian maiden who raced her suitors--defeated by
Hippomedon by means of the stratagem of letting fall three golden apples.
ATALANTIS, ATLANTIS. See under _Atlantean_ in Dict.
ATALAYA (Sp.--Ar.), a watch-tower.
ATARAXIA (Gr.), the indifference to circumstances aimed at by the Stoic.
À TÂTONS (Fr.), groping.
ATHANASIUS CONTRA MUNDUM (L.), Athanasius against the world: one resolute
man facing universal opposition.
ATH[=E]N[=E], ATH[=E]NA, the Greek goddess of wisdom, the Roman Minerva.
ATHET[=E]SIS (Gr.), rejection of words, &c., as spurious.
ATMAIDAN (Turk.), a hippodrome.
À TORT ET À TRAVERS (Fr.), at random.
À TOUTE FORCE (Fr.), by all means, absolutely.
À TOUT HASARD (Fr.), at all hazards.
À TOUT PRIX (Fr.), at any price.
ATRA CURA (L.), black care.
À TRAVERS (Fr.), across, through.
ATREUS, son of Pelops, who served up the flesh of Thyestes' children to
their father.
ATROPOS, one of the Fates of Greek mythology, who cut the destined thread
of life.
AT SPES NON FRACTA (L.), but hope is not yet crushed.
ATTAP, ATAP, palm-fronds used for thatch by the Javanese.
ATTAR-GUL (Ar.,--Pers.), essence of roses.
ATTELAGE (Fr.), team.
ATTENTAT (Fr.), attempt.
ATTIRAIL (Fr.), apparatus.
AU BOUT DE SON LATIN (Fr.), at the end of his Latin, at the end of his
knowledge, at his wits' end.
AU CINQUIÈME (Fr.), on the fifth [story], in the attics.
AU CONTRAIRE (Fr.), on the contrary.
AU COURANT (Fr.), fully acquainted with matters.
AUCTOR PRETIOSA FACIT (L.), the giver adds value to the gift.
AUDACE (Fr.), daring.
AUDACES FORTUNA JUVAT (L.), fortune favours the daring.
AUDACTER ET SINCERE (L.), boldly and sincerely.
AUDAX ET CAUTUS (L.), bold and cautious.
AU DÉSESPOIR (Fr.), in despair.
AUDI ALTERAM PARTEM (L.), hear the other side.
AUDIENCIA (Sp.), court of justice.
AUDIENZA (It.), audience.
AUDITA QUERELA (L.), the suit having been heard--name of a writ.
AUDITQUE VOCATUS APOLLO (L.), and Apollo listens when invoked.
AU FAIT (Fr.), well acquainted with a matter: expert.
AUFGESCHOBEN IST NICHT AUFGEHOBEN (Ger.), put off is not given up.
AU FOND (Fr.), at the bottom.
AUF WIEDERSEHEN! (Ger.), till we meet again, good-bye!
AU GRAND SÉRIEUX (Fr.), in all seriousness.
AU GRATIN (Fr.), after the style of _gratin_, i.e. brown--fish cooked in
this way being covered with bread-crumbs and browned in an oven, &c.
AUJOURD'HUI ROI, DEMAIN RIEN (Fr.), to-day king, to-morrow nothing.
AU JOUR LE JOUR (Fr.), from day to day, from hand to mouth.
AU LEVANT (Fr.), towards the east.
AU MIEUX (Fr.), on the best of terms.
AUMÔNIÈRE (Fr.), a purse carried at the girdle.
AU NATUREL (Fr.), in the natural state: cooked plainly.
AU PIED DE LA LETTRE (Fr.), close to the letter, quite literally.
AU PIS ALLER (Fr.), at the worst.
AU PLAISIR DE VOUS REVOIR (Fr.), till I have the pleasure of seeing you
again.
AU POIDS DE L'OR (Fr.), at the weight of gold, very dear.
AU PREMIER (Fr.), on the first [floor].
AU QUATRIÈME (Fr.), on the fourth [floor].
AURA POPULARIS (L.), the breeze of popular favour.
AUREA MEDIOCRITAS (L.), the golden or happy mean.
AU RESTE (Fr.), as for the rest.
AUREUS [NUMMUS] (L.), golden [coin]--the standard gold coin of ancient
Rome, equal to 100 sesterces, worth about £1, 1s.: a weight of 1½ drachms.
AU REVOIR (Fr.), adieu until we meet again.
AURIBUS TENEO LUPUM (L.), I am holding a wolf by the ears.
AURIGA (L.), a charioteer.
AURI SACRA FAMES (L.), accursed hunger for gold.
AU ROYAUME DES AVEUGLES LES BORGNES SONT ROIS (Fr.), in the kingdom of the
blind the one-eyed are kings.
AURUM FULMINANS (Late L.), an explosive precipitate of chloride of gold.
AURUM OMNES, VICTÂ JAM PIETATE, COLUNT (L.), all worship gold, piety being
overthrown.
AURUM POTABILE (L.), potable gold.
AU SECOND (Fr.), on the second [floor].
AU SECRET (Fr.), in close custody or confinement.
AU SÉRIEUX (Fr.), seriously.
AUSPEX, pl. AUSPICES (L.), an augur in ancient Rome;--auspicium, pl.
auspicia, an observation made by an augur.
AUSPICIUM MELIORIS ÆVI (L.), augury of a better age.
AUSSITÔT DIT, AUSSITÔT FAIT (Fr.), no sooner said than done.
AUT AMAT AUT ODIT MULIER, NIHIL EST TERTIUM (L.), a woman either loves or
she hates, there is no third course for her.
AUTANT D'HOMMES (or DE TÊTES), AUTANT D'AVIS (Fr.), so many men, so many
minds.
AUT CÆSAR AUT NULLUS (L.), either Cæsar or nobody.
AUT INSANIT HOMO AUT VERSUS FACIT (L.), either the man is mad or he is
making verses.
AUT INVENIAM VIAM AUT FACIAM (L.), I shall either find a way or make one.
AUT NON TENTARIS AUT PERFICE (L.), either do not attempt or else achieve.
AUTO (Sp.), an act: a drama: an auto-da-fé.
AUT PRODESSE VOLUNT AUT DELECTARE POETÆ (L.), poets seek either to profit
or to please.
AUTREFOIS ACQUIT (law French), previously acquitted.
AUTREFOIS CONVICT (law French), previously convicted.
AUT RAGEM AUT FATUUM NASCI OPORTET (L.), it behoves one to be born either
king or fool.
AUTRES TEMPS, AUTRES MOEURS (Fr.), other times, other manners.
AU TROISIÈME (Fr.), on the third [floor].
AUT VINCERE AUT MORI (L.), either to conquer or to die.
AUX ABSENTS LES OS (Fr.), to the absent the bones.
AUX ARMES! (Fr.), to arms!
AUX GRANDS MAUX LES GRANDS REMÈDES (Fr.), to desperate evils desperate
remedies.
AUXILIUM AB ALTO (L.), help from on high.
AVANIA, AVARIA, AVENIA (It.), an extortionate Turkish impost.
AVANT-COUREUR (Fr.), a forerunner.
AVANT-GOÛT (Fr.), a foretaste.
AVANT PROPOS (Fr.), preliminary matter: preface.
AVEC PERMISSION (Fr.), by consent.
AVE, IMPERATOR, MORITURI TE SALUTANT! (L.), hail, emperor, men doomed to
die salute thee! [said by gladiators].
AVENIR (Fr.), future, prospects.
AVENTURIER, fem. AVENTURIÈRE (Fr.), an adventurer or adventuress.
A VERBIS AD VERBERA (L.), from words to blows.
AVERNUS (L.), the infernal regions, any abyss--from Lake Avernus in
Campania.
À VIEUX COMPTES NOUVELLES DISPUTES (Fr.), old accounts breed new disputes.
A VINCULO MATRIMONII (L.), from the bond of matrimony.
AVI NUMERANTUR AVORUM (L.), ancestors of ancestors are counted [to me].
AVISE LA FIN (Fr.), weigh well the end.
AVITO VIRET HONORE (L.), he flourishes upon ancestral honours.
AVOCAT CONSULTANT (Fr.), consulting lawyer, chamber counsel.
AVOIRA, AWARA, a South American palm, also its fruit.
AVOIR LA LANGUE DÉLIÉE (Fr.), to have the tongue unbound, to be glib of
speech.
À VOLONTÉ (Fr.), at pleasure.
A VOSTRO BENEPLACITO (It.), at your pleasure, at your will.
À VOTRE SANTÉ (Fr.), to your health.
AVOUÉ (Fr.), attorney, solicitor.
AVOYER (Fr.), formerly the chief magistrate in some Swiss cantons.
A VUESTRA SALUD! (Sp.), to your health!
AVVOCATO, AVVOCADO (It.), an advocate, barrister;--AVVOCATO DEL DIABOLO
(see _advocatus diaboli_).
AVVOGADORE (It.), an official criminal prosecutor in Venice.
AXIOMA MEDIUM (L.), a generalisation from experience.
AYMEZ LOYAULTÉ (O. Fr.), love loyalty.
AYUNTAMIENTO (Sp.), municipal council.
BACALLAO (Sp.), cod-fish.
BACCAH (Ir.), a cripple.
BACCHIUS (L.--Gr.), a metrical foot consisting of two long syllables
preceded or followed by a short syllable.
BACCHUS (L.--Gr.), the god of wine.
BADAUD (Fr.), a lounger, a simpleton.
BADMASH, BUDMASH (Hind.), a rascal.
BAEL, BEL (Anglo-Ind.), the Bengal quince, also its fruit.
BAGASSE, BAGASS (Fr.), refuse products of sugar manufacture.
BAGNE (Fr.), a bagnio.
BAHAR, BHAR (Ar.), a measure for heavy weight in India, &c., varying from
two cwt. upwards.
BAHI (Gipsy), fortune.
BAHUT (Fr.), a trunk, chest.
BAILLI (Fr.), a magistrate;--BAILLIAGE, the jurisdiction of such.
BAIN-MARIE (Fr.), a flat vessel containing boiling water.
BAJOCCHO, pl. BAJOCCHI (It.), copper coin worth ½d.
BAJRA, BAJRI (Hind.), a kind of Indian millet.
BAKAL, BAKHAL (Ar.), a storekeeper.
BALACHONG, BLACHONG (Malay), a condiment of prawns, shrimps, &c.,
fermented, salted, and spiced.
BALADIÈRE (Fr.), a ballad singer.
BALADIN, BALADINE (Fr.), a public dancer: a mountebank.
BALAGAN (Tartar), a booth of branches, &c.
BALA-KHANAH (Pers.), an upper room.
BALALAIKA (Russ.), a popular musical instrument.
BALLET D'ACTION (Fr.), a ballet combining action with dancing;--BALLET
DIVERTISSEMENT, a ballet entertainment.
BALLIADERA, BALLIADERE, the same as _Bayadère_ (q.v. in Dict.).
BALLON D'ESSAI (Fr.), an experimental balloon sent up: a 'feeler' of any
kind.
BALNEUM (L.), bath;--BALNEUM MARIÆ, the same as _bain-marie_ above.
BAL PARÉ (Fr.), a dress ball.
BALZORINE, BALZERINE (Fr.), a light stuff of wool and cotton mixed.
BANALITÉ; (Fr.), triviality.
BANCO REGIS (L.), on the king's bench.
BANDALERO (Sp.), a robber.
BANDERILLA (Sp.), a dart with which the BANDERILLERO annoys the bull in a
bull-fight.
BANDY (Telegu), a carriage, cart.
BANGY, BANGHY (Hind.), a shoulder-yoke with its suspended load.
BANQUETTE (Fr.), the front bench of a diligence.
BÁNSULI (Hind.), a flute.
BARATARIA, the island government committed to Sancho Panza in _Don
Quixote_.
BARATHRUM (L.--Gr.), an abyss: an insatiable extortioner.
BARBÂ TENUS SAPIENTES (L.), sages as far as the beard--i.e. with an
appearance of wisdom only.
BARCA (It.), a boat, barge;--BARCA-LONGA, a large Spanish fishing-boat.
BARCELONA (Sp.), a coloured neckerchief.
BARRANCA, BARRANCO (Sp.), the bed of a torrent.
BAS-BLEU (Fr.), a blue-stocking: a literary woman.
BASILICON (Gr.), lit. 'royal,' a title applied to various ointments of
repute--also _basilicum_.
BASISTAN, BAZESTAN (Turk.), a market.
BASOCHE (Fr.), a tribunal for disputes between the clerks of the French
parliament.
BASSO PROFONDO (It.), a deep bass voice, or a person possessing such.
BASTA! (It.), enough! no more!
BASTIDE (Fr.), a French country-house.
BASTO (Sp.), the ace of clubs in quadrille and ombre.
BÂT (Fr.), a pack-saddle--only in composition, as in bathorse, batman,
batmoney, &c.
BÂTON FERRÉ (Fr.), a staff shod with iron, an alpenstock.
BATTANT, pl. BATTANS (Fr.), the leaf of a table or door.
BATTERIE DE CUISINE (Fr.), set of utensils for cooking.
BATTRE LA CAMPAGNE (Fr.), to scour the country, to beat about the bush.
BATTUTA (It.), beating [time].
BAVARDAGE (Fr.), idle talk.
BAYARD, a gentleman of perfect courage and spotless honour, from the
Chevalier Bayard (1476-1524), _sans peur et sans reproche_.
BAYER AUX CORNEILLES (Fr.), to gape at the crows, to stare vacantly.
BEATÆ MEMORIÆ (L.), of blessed memory.
BEATI PACIFICI (L.), blessed are the peacemakers.
BEATUS ILLE QUI PROCUL NEGOTIIS ... PATERNA RURA BOBUS EXERCET SUIS (L.),
happy he who, far removed from city cares, ... tills with his own oxen the
fields that were his father's.
BEAU GARÇON (Fr.), a handsome man.
BEAU JOUR (Fr.), fine day, good times.
BEAU SABREUR (Fr.), a dashing cavalry soldier.
BEAUTÉ DU DIABLE (Fr.), that overpowering beauty for the sake of which men
fling everything away.
BEAUX YEUX (Fr.), fine eyes: a pretty woman.
BÉCASSE (Fr.), a woodcock, an idiot.
BECCACCIA (It.), a woodcock.
BÉCHAMEL (Fr.), a kind of sauce made with a little flour in cream.
BEEGAH, BEGAH, BEEGHA (Hind.), a Hindoo square measure, varying from 1/3 to
2/3 acre.
BEL AIR (Fr.), fine deportment.
BEL ESPRIT (Fr.), a fine genius: a person of wit or genius;--pl. BEAUX
ESPRITS, men of wit: gay spirits.
BEL ÉTAGE (Fr.), the best story, the first floor.
BELLA GERANT ALII, TU, FELIX AUSTRIA, NUBE (L.), let others wage wars; do
thou, lucky Austria, make marriages.
BELLA, HORRIDA BELLA! (L.), wars, horrid wars!
BELLAQUE MATRIBUS DETESTATA (L.), and wars abhorred by mothers.
BELLE AMIE (Fr.), a female friend, a mistress.
BELLE ASSEMBLÉE (Fr.), a fashionable gathering.
BELLE-MÈRE (Fr.), mother-in-law.
BELLE PASSION (Fr.), tender passion.
BELLE VUE (Fr.), fine prospect.
BELLUM INTERNECINUM (L.), a war of extermination.
BELLUM LETHALE (L.), deadly war.
BELLUM NEC TIMENDUM NEC PROVOCANDUM (L.), war is neither to be feared nor
provoked.
BEL SANGUE (It.), gentle blood.
BELTÀ E FOLLIA VANNO SPESSO IN COMPAGNIA (It.), beauty and folly often go
together.
BELUA MULTORUM CAPITUM (L.), monster with many heads--the irrational mob.
BENE DECESSIT (Late L.), he has left well--a leaving certificate given to a
schoolboy, curate, &c.
BÉNÉFICIAIRE (Fr.), the person receiving a benefit.
BENEFICIUM ACCIPERE LIBERTATEM EST VENDERE (L.), to accept a favour is to
sell one's liberty.
BENE MERENTIBUS (L.), to the well-deserving;--BENE MERITI (acc. -TOS),
having well deserved.
BENE ORÂSSE EST BENE STUDUISSE (L.), to have prayed well is to have
endeavoured well.
BENEPLACITO (L.), by your leave.
BENE QUI LATUIT BENE VIXIT (L.), he has lived well who has lived obscure.
BENE VOBIS! (L.), health to you!
BENIGNO NUMINE (L.), with favouring providence.
BENJ, the same as _Bhang_ (q.v. in Dict.).
BEN TROVATO (It.), cleverly invented.
BEN VENUTO (It.), welcome.
BERCEAU (Fr.), a cradle: a covered walk;--BERCEAUNETTE (pseudo-French), a
bassinette.
BERENICE'S HAIR. See _Coma Berenices_.
BERGÈRE (Fr.), a kind of easy-chair.
BESOIN (Fr.), need, want, desire.
BESO LAS MANOS (Sp.), I kiss your hands.
BÊTE (Fr.), brute, stupid person;--BÊTE NOIRE, a black beast: a
bugbear;--BÊTISE, stupidity.
BETHESDA (Heb.), a healing pool at Jerusalem--often applied to a
Nonconformist church.
BEULAH (Heb.), a land of rest--a name for Israel in its future condition,
in Isa. lxii. 4.
BÉVUE (Fr.), an oversight, a blunder.
BHAT, BHAUT, BAWT (Hind.), a professional bard.
BHEESTY, BHISTI (Pers. _bihist[=i]_), a water-carrier.
BIBELOT (Fr.), a trinket.
BIBERE VENENUM IN AURO (L.), to drink poison from a cup of gold.
BIBLIOTHECA (L.,--Gr.), a library: a bibliographer's catalogue: a series of
books.
BIDET (Fr.), a nag, a cob.
BIEN (Fr.), well;--BIEN-AIMÉ, well beloved;--BIEN CHAUSSE (fem. CHAUSSÉE),
well shod, with neat boots;--BIEN ENTENDU, of course, to be sure;--BIEN
GANTÉ, with neat gloves.
BIENNIUM (L.), a period of two years.
BIEN PERDU, BIEN CONNU (Fr.), blessing flown is blessing known.
BIENSÉANCE (Fr.), propriety--in pl. the proprieties.
BIFFÉ (Fr.), erased, cancelled.
BIGA (L.), a chariot-and-pair.
BIJOUTERIE (Fr.), jewellery.
BILLET D'AMOUR (Fr.), love-letter.
BIONDO, fem. BIONDA (It.), blonde.
BIS (L.), twice: repeated: encore.
BIS DAT QUI CITO DAT (L.), he gives twice who gives promptly.
BIS PECCARE IN BELLO NON LICET (L.), in war one may not blunder twice.
BIS PUERI SENES (L.), old men are twice boys.
BLAGUEUR (Fr.), one given to blague (see _Blague_ in Dict.).
BLANCHISSEUSE (Fr.), a laundress.
BLANDÆ MENDACIA LINGUÆ (L.), falsehoods of a smooth tongue.
BLANQUETTE (Fr.), a variety of pear.
BLEUÂTRE (Fr.), bluish.
BLUETTE (Fr.), a production of bright and witty character.
BLUT UND EISEN. See _Eisen und Blut_, the correct form.
BOCCA (It.), one of the mouths of a glass-furnace.
BOCK (Fr.), a strong kind of German beer, drunk in May--from
_Eimbockbier_--Einbeck in Prussia: now often a glass or mug of any beer.
BONA (L.), goods;--BONA MOBILIA, movable goods;--BONA PERITURA, perishable
goods;--BONA VACANTIA, unclaimed goods.
BON ACCUEIL (Fr.), good reception, due honour;--BON AMI, good friend;--BON
CAMARADE, good comrade;--BON DIABLE, good-natured fellow;--BON ENFANT, good
fellow, pleasant companion;--BON GOÛT, good taste.
BONA FIDES (L.), good faith.
BONAGH, BONOUGH (Ir.), a regular soldier;--BONAGHT, a subsidy to Irish
chiefs for a supply of soldiers.
BONA SI SUA NÔRINT (L.), if only they knew their own blessings.
BONASUS (L.), a bison or aurochs.
BON AVOCAT, MAUVAIS VOISIN (Fr.), a good lawyer is a bad neighbour.
BON-CHRÉTIEN (Fr.), 'good Christian'--a kind of pear, the William.
BON GRÉ, MAL GRÉ (Fr.), willing or unwilling.
BONHOMIE (Fr.), good nature.
BONHOMME (Fr.), a French peasant.
BONIS AVIBUS (L.), under good auspices.
BONJOUR (Fr.), good-day: good-morning.
BON JOUR, BONNE OEUVRE (Fr.), the better day the better the deed.
BON MARCHÉ (Fr.), 'good bargain:' cheapness: cheap: a large ready-money
drapery shop.
BON MOT, pl. BONS MOTS (Fr.), a witty saying.
BONNE BOUCHE (Fr.), a choice morsel.
BONNE COMPAGNIE (Fr.), good society.
BONNE ET BELLE (Fr.), good and fair.
BONNE FOI (Fr.), good faith.
BONNE FORTUNE (Fr.), good luck, success in an intrigue.
BONNE GRÂCE (Fr.), good grace, gracefulness.
BONNE MINE (Fr.), good appearance, pleasant looks.
BONNES NOUVELLES ADOUCISSENT LE SANG (Fr.), good news sweetens the blood.
BONSOIR (Fr.), good-evening.
BON TON (Fr.), the height of fashion.
BON VIVANT (Fr.), a jovial companion: one who lives too well [BONNE VIVANTE
is _not_ according to French usage]; BON VIVEUR, a free or fast liver.
BON VOYAGE! (Fr.), a good journey to you!
BOOZA (Ar.), a drink made in Turkey and Egypt by fermenting millet or
barley.
BORDEREAU (Fr.), a memorandum.
BOREEN (Ir.), a narrow road.
BORGEN MACHT SORGEN (Ger.), borrowing makes sorrowing.
BORGHETTO (It.), a big village.
BORNÉ (Fr.), limited, narrow-minded.
BOTTE (Fr.), a pass or thrust in fencing.
BOUCHE (Fr.), the staff of cooks in a large house.
BOUDERIE (Fr.), pouting, sulking.
BOUFFÉE (Fr.), puff, whiff.
BOUILLON (Fr.), soup;--BOUILLI, boiled or stewed beef.
BOUILLONNÉ (Fr.), provided with puffs.
BOUILLOTTE (Fr.), a game at cards for five players.
BOULE (Fr.), anything round like a ball.
BOULEVERSÉ (Fr.), upset;--BOULEVERSEMENT, an overturning.
BOUQUETIÈRE (Fr.), a flower-girl.
BOURGEOIS, fem. BOURGEOISE (Fr.), a townsman, trader--(adj.) of the middle
class, commercial;--BOURGEOIS GENTILHOMME, the tradesman-gentleman.
BOURSIER (Fr.), a foundation-scholar: a speculator on 'Change.
BOUTEZ EN AVANT (Fr.), push forward.
BOUTIQUE (Fr.), a shop, tradesman's stock.
BOUTONNIÈRE (Fr.), a flower made up for the buttonhole, &c.
BOWERY (Dut.), a farm, plantation.
BRACHIUM CIVILE (L.), the civil arm;--BRACHIUM SECULARE, the secular arm.
BRAVA! (It.), well done!
BREVET D'INVENTION (Fr.), a patent.
BREVETÉ (Fr.), patented.
BREVI MANU (L.), with a short hand, off-hand.
BREVIS ESSE LABORO, OBSCURUS FIO (L.), in labouring to be brief I become
obscure.
BRIAL (Sp.), a rich skirt.
BRIDE (Fr.), the string of a woman's bonnet.
BRILLANT (Fr.), brilliancy.
BRILLER PAR SON ABSENCE (Fr.), to be conspicuous by its absence.
BRINDISI (It.), a rhymed toast.
BRINJAUL (Port. _beringela_), the egg-plant.
BRIOCHE (Fr.), a bun: a blunder, mistake.
BROCHETTE (Fr.), a small spit or skewer.
BRODSTUDIEN (Ger.), bread studies, those by means of which one earns his
living.
BROUILLERIE (Fr.), disagreement.
BRÛLER LA CHANDELLE PAR LES DEUX BOUTS (Fr.), to burn the candle at both
ends.
BRÛLOT (Fr.), an incendiary.
BRUNE (Fr.), fem. of _brun_, brown, a dark girl or woman.
BRUTUM FULMEN (L.), an ineffectual thunderbolt.
BUCELLAS (Port.), a Portuguese white wine.
BUDGEROW (Hind.), a heavy keelless barge.
BUEN PRINCIPIO, LA MITAD ES HECHA (Sp.), well begun is half-done.
BULSE (Port. _bolsa_), a package of diamonds or gold-dust.
BUND (Hind.), an artificial embankment.
BUNDESRATH (Ger.), the Federal Council in the German Empire.
BUNEEYA, BUNYA (Hind.), a grain-dealer.
BUONA MANO (Sp.), small gratuity.
BUONO STATO (It.), good state [of affairs].
BUONTEMPO (It.), good time, pleasure.
BURGO (It.), a market-town.
BURSCH, pl. BURSCHEN (Ger.), a comrade, a student;--BURSCHENSCHAFT, an
association of German students.
BUVETTE (Fr.), a taproom.
BUXEE, BUXIE (Hind.), a military paymaster.
CABANA (Sp.), an exporting house: a kind of cigar.
CABAYA (Malay), a long tunic of cotton, &c.
CABOCEER (Port.), a West African chief.
CACAFUEGO, CACAFOGO (Sp.), a spitfire.
CACHINNUS (L.), a loud laugh.
CACHOT (Fr.), dungeon.
CACO[=E]THES LOQUENDI (L.), a mania for speaking.
CACO[=E]THES SCRIBENDI (L.), a mania for scribbling.
CADEAU (Fr.), a gift, present.
CADIT QUÆSTIO (L.), the question drops.
CADRE (Fr.), a frame, scheme: a list of officers.
CÆCA EST INVIDIA (L.), envy is blind.
CÆLUM NON ANIMUM MUTANT QUI TRANS MARE CURRANT (L.), they change their sky,
not their mind, who scour across the sea.
CAFÉ AU LAIT (Fr.), coffee with [hot] milk;--CAFÉ NOIR, black coffee
[without milk].
CAFILA, CAFFILA (Ar.), a caravan.
CAILLIACH (Gael.), a hag.
ÇA IRA (Fr.), 'that shall go'-the opening words of a famous song of the
French Revolution.
CAJAVA, CADJOWA (Ar.), a pannier slung across a camel.
CALDARIUM (L.), a hot bath.
CALDERA (Sp.), the crater of a volcano.
CALEAN, CALEEOON (Pers.), a water-pipe, a hookah.
CALEMBOUR, CALEMBOURG (Fr.), a pun.
CALLIDA JUNCTURA (L.), a skilful connection.
CAMISCIA, CAMICIA (It.), a shirt.
CAMPO SANTO (It.), a burying-ground.
CAMPUS MARTIUS (L.), field of Mars, used by the ancient Romans for games,
military drill, &c.
CANAILLE (Fr.), a pack of hounds, the rabble.
CANAUT (Hind.), a canvas enclosure.
CANDIDA PAX (L.), white-robed Peace.
CANDY, CANDIL (Tamil), a South Indian weight, generally containing 20
_maunds_, about 500 pounds English.
CANOPUS (L.--Gr.), a bright star in the southern constellation _Argo
navis_: an Egyptian vase for holding the entrails of the body embalmed.
CANTABILE (It.), fit for singing.
CANTABIT VACUUS CORAM LATRONE VIATOR (L.), the empty traveller will sing
before a robber.
CANTAMBANCO (It.), a mountebank--sometimes CANTABANK.
CANTATE (L.), Psalm xcviii. as a canticle in the Anglican evening
service;--CANTATE DOMINO, sing to the Lord.
CANTHUS, pl. CANTHI (L.), a corner of the eye.
CANTILENA (L.), the plain-song or _canto-fermo_: a ballad.
CANTINIÈRE (Fr.), a female canteen-keeper.
CAPUCINEX (Ger.), coffee with a little milk.
CAPUT (L.), head: chapter.
CAPUT MORTUUM (L.), worthless residue.
CARA SPOSA (It.), dear wife.
CARENT QUIA VATE SACRO (L.), because they lack a sacred bard.
CARPE DIEM, QUAM MINIMUM CREDULA POSTERO (L.), enjoy the present day,
trusting the least possible to the future;--often CARPE DIEM alone, meaning
'seize the opportunity.'
CARVIOL (Ger.), cauliflower.
CASSARE (L.), to quash, make null.
CASUS BELLI (L.), whatever involves or justifies war.
CASUS CONSCIENTIÆ (L.), a case of conscience.
CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ (Fr.), a descriptive catalogue of books, &c., arranged
according to their subjects.
CAUSA SINE QUÂ NON (L.), an indispensable cause.
CAUSE CÉLÈBRE (Fr.), a peculiarly notable trial.
CAVEAT ACTOR (L.). let the doer beware.
CAVEAT EMPTOR (L.), let the buyer beware.
CAVE CANEM (L.), beware of the dog, a frequent inscription on Roman
thresholds.
CAVENDO TUTUS (L.), safe through taking care.
CAVE QUID DICIS, QUANDO, ET CUI (L.), beware what you say, when, and to
whom.
CEDANT ARMA TOGÆ (L.), let arms yield to the gown: let military authority
yield to civil.
CEINTURE (Fr.), a girdle, belt.
CELA VA SANS DIRE (Fr.), that goes without saying: it is a matter of
course: agreed!
CELA VIENDRA (Fr.), that will come.
CELUI QUI VEUT, CELUI-LÀ PEUT (Fr.), who has the will, he has the skill.
CE MONDE EST PLEIN DE FOUS (Fr.), this world is full of fools.
C'EN EST FAIT DE LUI (Fr.), it is all over with him.
C'EN EST QUE LE PREMIER PAS QUI COÛTE (Fr.), it is only the first step that
is difficult.
CENSOR MORUM (L.), censor of morals.
CENTUM (L.), a hundred.
CERTUM EST QUIA IMPOSSIBILE EST (L.), it is certain because it is
impossible.
C'EST-À-DIRE (Fr.), that is to say.
C'EST ÉGAL (Fr.), it's all one [to me]: it makes no odds.
C'EST LE COMMENCEMENT DE LA FIN (Fr.), it is the beginning of the end.
C'EST MAGNIFIQUE, MAIS CE N'EST PAS LA GUERRE (Fr.), that is magnificent,
but it is not war [said at Balaklava by a French general watching the
charge of the Light Brigade].
C'EST PIRE [PLUS] QU'UN CRIME, C'EST UNE FAUTE (Fr.), it is worse than a
crime, it is a blunder.
C'EST SELON (Fr.), that is according to circumstances.
C'EST UNE AUTRE CHOSE (Fr.), that is quite another thing.
CETERA DESUNT (L.), the rest is awanting.
CETERIS PARIBUS (L.), other things being equal.
CETERUM CENSEO (L.), but I think [said of persistent obstruction, like that
of Cato].
CHACUN SON GOÛT, À CHACUN SON GOÛT (Fr.), every one to his taste [CHACUN À
SON GOÛT is _not_ French].
CHAMADE (Fr.), during war, the sounding of a trumpet or drum to ask a
parley.
CHAMBRE À COUCHER (Fr.), a bedroom.
CHAMPS ELYSÉES (Fr.), Elysian fields--name of a park in Paris.
CHAPEAU BRAS, CHAPEAU DE BRAS, a crush-hat [coined English-French, not
_real_ French].
CHAPEAUX BAS! (Fr.), hats off!
CHAPELLE ARDENTE (Fr.), a chapel or chamber in which a corpse lies in state
before burial, surrounded by lighted candles.
CHAPELLE EXPIATOIRE (Fr.), a chapel built in expiation, generally on the
site of one's sin.
CHARMANTE (Fr.), charming woman.
CHÂTEAUX EN ESPAGNE (Fr.), castles in Spain, castles in the air.
CHEF DE CUISINE, or merely CHEF (Fr.), male head-cook.
CHEMIN DE FER (Fr.), the iron way, railway.
CHER AMI (Fr.), a dear male friend;--CHÈRE AMIE, a dear female
friend.--CHÉRI, fem. CHÉRIE, beloved.
CHERCHEZ LA FEMME! (Fr.), seek for the woman! there's a woman at the bottom
of it! [the phrase is due to Dumas _père_].
CHE SARÀ SARÀ (It.), what will be will be.
CHEVAL DE BATAILLE (Fr.), war-horse.
CHEVALIER D'INDUSTRIE (Fr.), lit. a knight of industry: one who lives by
persevering fraud.
CHIESA LIBERA IN LIBERO STATO (It.), a free church in a free state
[Cavour's recipe for Italy].
CHI TACE CONFESSA (It.), he who keeps silence confesses.
CHRONIQUE SCANDALEUSE (Fr.), a record of scandals.
CI-DEVANT (Fr.), before this, former, heretofore.
CI-GÎT (Fr.), here lies.
CINGULUM VENERIS (L.), the girdle of Venus.
CIRCUITUS VERBORUM (L.), a circumlocution.
CIRCULUS IN PROBANDO (L.), arguing in a circle, using the conclusion as one
of the arguments.
CITO (L.), quickly.
CLARIOR E TENEBRIS (L.), the brighter from the darkness.
CLARUM ET VENERABILE NOMEN (L.), an illustrious and venerable name.
CLASSES AISÉES (Fr.), the well-off classes.
COELEBS QUID AGAM (L.), being a bachelor, what am I to do?
COENA DOMINI (L.), the Lord's Supper.
COGITO, ERGO SUM (L.) I think, therefore I am [Descartes' fundamental basis
of philosophy].
COIFFEUR (Fr.), a hairdresser.
COLLECTANEA (L.), passages collected from authors.
COMA BERENICES (L.), an asterism between Boötes and Leo, representing the
amber hair of Berenice, wife of Ptolemy Euergetes.
COMÉDIE FRANÇAISE, LA (Fr.), the official name of the subsidised Théâtre
Français.
COMÉDIE HUMAINE (Fr.), the name applied to the collection of Balzac's
novels, planned to form a complete picture of contemporary society.
COMITAS INTER GENTES (L.), international comity.
COMME IL FAUT (Fr.), as it should be: correct: approved by the fashionable
world, genteel.
COMMUNE BONUM (L.), common good.
COMMUNIBUS ANNIS (L.), on the annual average.
COMMUNI CONSENSU (L.), by common consent.
COMPAGNON DE VOYAGE (Fr.), travelling companion.
COMPOS MENTIS (L.), of sound mind, sane.
COMPTE RENDU (Fr.), an account rendered: report.
COMPTOIR (Fr.), counter: counting-room.
CON AMORE (It.), with love: very earnestly.
CONCIO AD CLERUM (L.), discourse to the clergy.
CONCOURS (Fr.), contest, competition.
CON DILIGENZA (It.), with diligence.
CONDITIO SINE QUÂ NON (L.), an indispensable condition.
CON DOLORE (It.), with grief.
CONFER (L.), compare.
CONJUNCTIS VIRIBUS (L.), with united powers.
CONQUIESCAT IN PACE (L.), may he [or she] rest in peace.
CONSCIA MENS RECTI (L.), a mind conscious of rectitude.
CONSEIL D'ÉTAT (Fr.), a council of state.
CONSEIL DE FAMILLE (Fr.), a family consultation.
CONSENSUS FACIT LEGEM (L.), consent makes law or rule.
CONSILIO ET ANIMIS (L.), by wisdom and courage.
CONSILIO ET PRUDENTIÂ (L.), by wisdom and prudence.
CON SPIRITO (It.), with spirit.
CONSTANTIÂ ET VIRTUTE (L.), by constancy and virtue.
CONSUETUDO PRO LEGE SERVATUR (L.), custom is held as a law.
CONSULE PLANCO (L.), when Plancus was consul, when I was a young man.
CONTRA BONOS MORES (L.), against good manners or morals.
COPIA VERBORUM (L.), plenty of words, fluency.
CORAM DOMINO REGE (L.), before our lord the king.
CORAM NOBIS (L.), before us, in our presence.
CORAM POPULO (L.), in the presence of the public.
CORDON SANITAIRE (Fr.), a sanitary cordon, a line of sentries posted so as
to keep contagious disease within a certain area.
CORPUS DELICTI (L.), the substance of the offence.
CORPUS JURIS CANONICI (L.), body of the canon law; corpus juris civilis
(L.), body of the civil law.
CORRUPTIO OPTIMI PESSIMA (L.), the corruption of the best is the worst of
all.
CORSETIÈRE (Fr.), a maker of corsets.
COSI FAN TUTTE (It.), so do they all: they're all like that [of women].
CÔTELETTE (Fr.), a cutlet, a chop.
COUP DE BONHEUR (Fr.), stroke of good luck.
COUP DE CHAPEAU (Fr.), a touching of the hat.
COUP DE HASARD (Fr.), lucky chance.
COUP DE SOLEIL (Fr.), sunstroke.
COUP DE VENT (Fr.), a gust of wind, a gale.
COUPE-JARRET (Fr.), a cut-throat, ruffian.
COUP MANQUÉ (Fr.), an abortive stroke, a failure.
COÛTE QUE COÛTE (Fr.), cost what it may.
COUTURIÈRE (Fr.), a dressmaker.
COUVRE-PIED (Fr.), a coverlet or rug for the feet.
CRAMBE REPETITA (L.), cauld kail het again--cold cabbage-broth warmed up.
CREDAT JUDÆUS APELLA! (L.), let the Jew Apella believe that [if he likes]!
CREDO QUIA ABSURDUM (L.), I believe it because it is absurd.
CRÊME DE LA CRÊME (Fr.), cream of the cream: the very best.
CRÊPÉ (Fr.), frizzed.
CRESCIT EUNDO (L.), it grows as it goes.
CRÈVE-COEUR (Fr.), deep sorrow, heart-break.
CRIARD, fem. CRIARDE (Fr.), crying, discordant.
CRIMEN FALSI (L.), crime of perjury.
CRIMEN LÆSÆ MAJESTATIS (L.), high treason.
CROQUIS (Fr.), an outline or rough sketch.
CROUSTADE (Fr.), a kind of rissole with hard crust.
CRUX CRITICORUM (L.), a puzzle for the critics.
CUCULLUS NON FACIT MONACHUM (L.), the cowl does not make the monk.
CUI BONO? (L.), for whose benefit is it? who is the gainer?
CUILIBET IN ARTE SUÂ CREDENDUM EST (L.), every person is to be trusted in
his own art.
CULPA LEVIS (L.), a slight fault.
CUM BONÂ VENIÂ (L.), with your kind indulgence.
CUM GRANO SALIS (L.), with a grain of salt--i.e. with some allowance.
CUM MULTIS ALIIS (L.), with many other things.
CUM NOTIS VARIORUM (L.), with the notes of various [critics].
CUM PRIVILEGIO (L.), with privilege.
CURIOSA FELICITAS (L.), nice felicity of expression that is the fruit of
pains.
CURRENTE CALAMO (L.), with a running pen, with the pen of a ready writer.
CUSTOS ROTULORUM (L.), keeper of the rolls.
D'ACCORD (Fr.), agreed, in tune.
DA DEXTRAM MISERO (L.), give the right hand to one unhappy.
DA LOCUM MELIORIBUS (L.), give place to your betters.
DAME D'HONNEUR (Fr.), maid of honour.
DAMES DE LA HALLE (Fr.), market-women.
DAMNUM ABSQUE INJURIÂ (L.), loss without injury.
DARDANARIUS (L.), a speculator in grain.
DAS EWIG-WEIBLICHE (Ger.), the eternal feminine.
DAS HEISST, or simply D.H. (Ger.), that is.
DATA ET ACCEPTA (L.), expenditures and receipts.
DATE OBOLUM BELISARIO (L.), give a penny to Belisarius [the appeal ascribed
to the great general when reduced to mendicancy].
DAVUS SUM, NON OEDIPUS (L.), I am only Davus, not Oedipus--a plain man, and
no prophet.
DEBITO JUSTITIÆ (L.), by debt of justice.
DE BON AUGURE (Fr.), of good omen.
DE BONNE GRÂCE (Fr.), with good grace: willingly.
DÉCHÉANCE (Fr.), forfeiture.
DE DIE IN DIEM (L.), from day to day.
DE FACTO (L.), from the fact: really: actual.
DÉGAGÉ, fem. DÉGAGÉE (Fr.), easy and unconstrained.
DÉGOÛT (Fr.), distaste.
DE GUSTIBUS NON EST DISPUTANDUM (L.), there is no disputing about tastes.
DE HAUT EN BAS (Fr.), from top to bottom: contemptuously.
DEI GRATIÂ (L.), by the grace of God.
DE INTEGRO (L.), anew.
DÉJEUNER (Fr.), in France, a late breakfast, a midday meal with meat and
wine; in England, luncheon--more specifically, DÉJEUNER À LA FOURCHETTE, a
breakfast with meat.
DE JURE (L.), in law: by right: rightful.
DÉLASSEMENT (Fr.), relaxation.
DE L'AUDACE, ENCORE DE L'AUDACE, ET TOUJOURS DE L'AUDACE (Fr.), to dare,
still to dare, and ever to dare [Danton's famous phrase].
DELENDA EST CARTHAGO (L.), Carthage must be destroyed [a saying constantly
repeated by Cato].
DE MAL EN PIS (Fr.), from bad to worse.
DEMEURE (Fr.), dwelling.
DEMI-JOUR (Fr.), half-light, twilight, subdued light.
DE MINIMIS NON CURAT LEX (L.), the law does not concern itself about very
small matters.
DE MORTUIS NIL NISI BONUM (L.), say nothing but good of the dead.
DE NIHILO NIHILUM, IN NIHILUM NIL POSSE REVERTI (L.), from nothing nothing,
into nothing nothing can return.
DE NOVO (L.), anew.
DEO DATE (L.), give ye to God.
DEO FAVENTE (L.), with God's favour.
DEO GRATIAS (L.), thanks to God.
DE OMNI RE SCIBILI ET QUIBUSDAM ALIIS (L.), about all things knowable, and
some others.
DEO VOLENTE, or D.V. (L.), God willing: by God's will.
DÉPÊCHE (Fr.), despatch, message.
DE PIS EN PIS (Fr.), worse and worse.
DE PROFUNDIS (L.), out of the depths, a dirge.
DE RETOUR (Fr.), back again, returned.
DER GROSSE HEIDE (Ger.), the great heathen or Pagan [Heine's name for
Goethe].
DE RIGUEUR (Fr.), strictly required: indispensable: obligatory: compulsory:
latest.
DERNIER RESSORT (Fr.), last resort, last resource.
DÉSAGRÉMENT (Fr.), something disagreeable.
DESIPERE IN LOCO (L.), to jest at the proper time.
DÉSOBLIGEANTE (Fr.), a carriage for two.
DÉSORIENTÉ (Fr.), having lost one's bearings, confused, bemuddled.
DESUETUDO (L.), disuse.
DESUNT CETERA (L.), the remainder is wanting.
DE TE FABULA NARRATUR (L.), the parable is told about you yourself; thou
art the man.
DÉTENU, fem. DÉTENUE (Fr.), a prisoner.
DE TROP (Fr.), too much, or too many, superfluous, intrusive.
DETUR DIGNIORI (L.), let it be given to the more worthy;--DETUR PULCHRIORI
(L.), let it be given to the fairer.
DEUS AVERTAT! (L.), God forbid!
DEUS DET! (L.), God grant!
DEUS EX MACHINA (L.), a god [let down] out of the machine [in theatrical
apparatus]: a too obvious device in an author's plot.
DEUS NOBIS HÆC OTIA FECIT (L.), it is a god that hath given us this ease.
DEUS VOBISCUM! (L.), God be with you!
DEUS VULT! (L.), God wills it! [the Crusaders' cry].
DEXTRO TEMPORE (L.), at a lucky moment.
DICAMUS BONA VERBA (L.), let us speak words of good omen.
DICHTUNG UND WAHRHEIT (Ger.), fiction and truth.
DICTA PROBANTIA (L.), proof texts.
DICTUM DE DICTO (L.), hearsay report.
DICTUM SAPIENTI SAT EST (L.), a word to the wise is enough.
DIEM PERDIDI (L.), I have lost a day [said by the emperor Titus].
DIES FASTI or PROFESTI (L.), days on which judgment could be pronounced, on
which courts could be held in ancient Rome, lawful days.
DIES FAUSTUS (L.), lucky day.
DIES FESTI or FERIÆ (L.), days of actual festival.
DIES INFAUSTUS (L.), unlucky day.
DIES IRÆ (L.), day of wrath: the day of judgment.
DIES NEFASTI (L.), days on which judgment could not be pronounced or
assemblies of the people be held, in ancient Rome.
DIES NON (L.), a day on which judges do not sit.
DIEU AVEC NOUS (Fr.), God with us.
DIEU DÉFEND LE DROIT (Fr.), God defends the right.
DIEU ET MON DROIT (Fr.), God and my right.
DIEU VOUS GARDE! (Fr.), God guard you!
DIGITO MONSTRARI (L.), to be pointed out with the finger: to be famous.