DISJECTA MEMBRA (L.), the scattered members.
DISTINGUÉ, fem. DISTINGUÉE (Fr.), distinguished: striking.
DISTRAIT, fem. DISTRAITE (Fr.), absent-minded.
DIT (Fr.), called.
DIVERTISSEMENT (Fr.), amusement: sport.
DIVIDE ET IMPERA (L.), divide [your opponents], and so rule them.
DIVISIM (L.), separately.
DOCENDO DISCITUR (L.), one learns in teaching.
DOLCE FAR NIENTE (It.), sweet doing-nothing: pleasant idleness.
DOLI CAPAX (L.), capable of committing a wrong--opp. of _doli incapax_.
DOMINE, DIRIGE NOS! (L.), Lord, direct us!--the motto of London.
DOMINUS ILLUMINATIO MEA (L.), the Lord is my enlightening.
DOMUS ET PLACENS UXOR (L.), a home and a pleasing wife.
DONNA È MOBILE (It.), woman is changeable.
DONNERWETTER! (Ger.), thunderstorms! [as an ejaculation].
DORER LA PILULE (Fr.), to gild the pill.
DORMITAT HOMERUS (L.), Homer nods.
DOS MOI POU ST[=O] KAI T[=E]N G[=E]N KIN[=E]S[=O] (Gr.), give me where to
stand, and I will move the earth [attributed to Archimedes].
DOUBLE ENTENTE (Fr.), double meaning, equivocal sense.
DO UT DES (L.), I give that you may give.
DRAMATIS PERSONÆ (L.), characters of a drama.
DROIT AU TRAVAIL (Fr.), right to labour.
DROIT DES GENS (Fr.), international law.
DRÔLE (Fr.), a rogue, a knave.
DULCE EST DESIPERE IN LOCO (L.), it is pleasant to play the fool on
occasion.
DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIÂ MORI (L.), it is sweet and glorious to die
for one's country.
DULCE, 'DOMUM!' (L.), sweet strain, 'Homeward!' from a Winchester school
song sung before holidays.
DUM SPIRO, SPERO (L.), while I breathe, I hope.
DUM VIVIMUS, VIVAMUS (L.), while we live, let us live.
D'UN SEUL JET (Fr.), at one effort.
DURANTE BENE PLACITO (Late L.), during good pleasure.
DURANTE VITA (Late L.), during life.
DUX FEMINA FACTI (L.), a woman was leader of the deed.
EAU BÉNITE (Fr.), holy water.
EAU SUCRÉE (Fr.), sugared water.
ÉBAUCHE (Fr.), a sketch, drawing in outline.
ÉBOULEMENT (Fr.), a landslip.
ECCE! (L.), behold!
ECCE SIGNUM! (L.), behold the sign or the proof!
ECCO! (It.), here is! there! look there!
ÉCLAIRCISSEMENT (Fr.), an explanation.
ÉCOLE (Fr.), school;--ÉCOLE DE DROIT, law school;--ÉCOLE DE MÉDECINE,
school of medicine;--ÉCOLE MILITAIRE, military school;--ÉCOLE
POLYTECHNIQUE, polytechnic school.
E CONTRA (Late L.), contrariwise, conversely.
E CONTRARIO (Late L.), on the contrary.
E CONVERSO (Late L.), conversely, by logical conversion.
ÉCRASÉ (Fr.), crushed;--ÉCRASER, to crush;--ÉCRASEZ L'INFÂME! crush the
abominable [superstition] out of existence! [motto of Voltaire--against the
Roman Catholic Church of his time].
ÉCREVISSE (Fr.), crayfish.
ÉCRIN (Fr.), casket, jewel-case.
ÉCRU (Fr.), unbleached, raw.
EDAX RERUM (L.), devourer of [all] things.
EDITION DE LUXE (Fr.), a splendid and expensive edition of a book.
EDITIO PRINCEPS (L.), original edition [especially of a work till then only
known in MS.].
ÉGALITÉ (Fr.), equality.
ÉGAREMENT (Fr.), confusion, bewilderment.
EGERIA, the nymph who instructed the ancient Roman king Numa Pompilius,
hence any woman who gives a man his inspiration.
EGESTA (Late L.), excrements, fæces.
EGO ET REX MEUS (L.), I and my king [Cardinal Wolsey].
EHEU FUGACES ... LABUNTUR ANNI! (L.), alas! the fleeting years slip away.
EILE MIT WEILE (Ger.), speed with heed, make haste leisurely. Cf. _festina
lente_.
EIN MAL, KEIN MAL (Ger.), just once counts nothing.
EISEN UND BLUT (Ger.), iron and blood--a famous phrase of Bismarck's.
EJUSDEM GENERIS (L.), of the same kind.
EK PARERGOU (Gr.), as a by-work.
ÉLAN (Fr.), dash, eagerness to advance.
ÉLÉGANT, fem. ÉLÉGANTE (Fr.), a person of fashion.
ÉLÈVE (Fr.), pupil.
ÉLITE (Fr.), choice, pick.
EMBARRAS DE (DU) CHOIX (Fr.), embarrassment in choice, a perplexing number
of objects from which to choose.
EMBARRAS DE(S) RICHESSES (Fr.), a perplexing amount of wealth or abundance
of any kind.
ÉMEUTE (Fr.), a riot;--ÉMEUTIER, a rioter.
ÉMIGRÉ, fem. ÉMIGRÉE (Fr.), an emigrant, esp. one of those royalists who
fled from France during the great Revolution.
EMIR-EL-HAJJ (Ar.), chief of the great caravan of pilgrims to Mecca.
EMPRESSÉ, fem. EMPRESSÉE (Fr.), eager to show goodwill or
civility;--EMPRESSEMENT, warmth of manner, cordiality.
EN AMI (Fr.), as a friend.
EN ARRIÈRE (Fr.), behind, in the rear.
EN ATTENDANT (Fr.), in the meantime, while waiting for.
EN AVANT! (Fr.), forward!
EN BADINANT (Fr.), roguishly, with badinage.
EN BARBETTE (Fr.), on a breastwork or platform for ordnance which is fired
over a parapet and not through embrasures--also of a ship's guns fired over
the bulwarks and not through ports.
EN BEAU (Fr.), as fair or handsome, in flattering style.
EN CABALLO (Sp.), on horseback.
EN CAVALIER (Fr.), in a cavalier manner.
EN CHEMISE [DE NUIT] (Fr.), in night-dress.
ENCOMIENDA (Sp.), a commandery;--ENCOMENDERO, its commander.
EN CROUPE (Fr.), on the crupper, on a pillion.
EN CUERPO (Sp.), in close-fitting dress; sometimes erroneously for 'stark
naked,' the Spanish for which is _en cueros_.
EN DÉSHABILLÉ (Fr.), in undress, in careless costume.
EN EFFET (Fr.), in effect.
EN ÉVIDENCE (Fr.), conspicuously, conspicuous, before the public view.
EN FAMILLE (Fr.), amongst the family, as at a family gathering, at home.
ENFANS PERDUS, ENFANTS PERDUS (Fr.), lit. 'lost children:' forlorn hope.
ENFANT DE LA MAISON (Fr.), child of the house, quite at home.
ENFANT GÂTÉ, fem. GÂTÉE (Fr.), spoilt child.
ENFANT TERRIBLE (Fr.), lit. 'terrible child,' a precocious child whose
indiscreet prattle puts his elders to the blush.
ENFANT TROUVÉ (Fr.), foundling.
EN FÊTE (Fr.), in festivity, keeping holiday.
EN GARÇON (Fr.), like a bachelor, in bachelor's style.
EN GRANDE TENUE (Fr.), in full dress.
EN L'AIR (Fr.), in the air, being discussed or expected.
ENLEVÉ (Fr.), carried away, kidnapped.
EN MASSE (Fr.), in a body, universally.
EN MILITAIRE (Fr.), as a military man.
EN PASSANT (Fr.), in passing: by the way.
EN PLEIN JOUR (Fr.), in broad day.
EN PRINCE (Fr.), in princely style.
EN PURE PERTE (Fr.), to mere loss, to no purpose.
EN QUEUE (Fr.), like a tail, in a string or line.
ENRAGÉ, fem. ENRAGEÉ (Fr.), desperate: a lunatic.
EN RAPPORT (Fr.), in direct relation: in sympathy with.
EN RÈGLE (Fr.), in due order: according to rules.
EN RETRAITE (Fr.), in retirement, on half-pay.
EN REVANCHE (Fr.), in revenge.
EN ROUTE (Fr.), on the road: let us go! march!
EN SPECTACLE (Fr.), as a spectacle.
ENS PER ACCIDENS (Late L.), that which exists only as an accident of _ens
per se_--i.e. a substance.
ENS RATIONIS (Late L.), an entity of reason--opposed to ENS REALE.
EN SUITE (Fr.), in succession [the sense 'to match' is _not_ French].
ENTAMÉ, fem. ENTAMÉE (Fr.), broached, entered upon.
ENTENTE (Fr.), understanding;--ENTENTE CORDIALE, cordial understanding
between nations.
ENTÊTÉ, fem. ENTÊTÉE (Fr.), infatuated.
EN TOUT (Fr.), in all: wholly.
EN TOUT CAS (Fr.), in any case or emergency.
ENTRAIN (Fr.), heartiness;--ENTRAÎNEMENT (Fr.), enthusiasm.
EN TRAIN (Fr.), in progress.
ENTRECHAT (Fr.), caper.
ENTRECÔTE (Fr.), meat between the ribs, a kind of steak.
ENTRE NOUS (Fr.), between ourselves.
ENTREPRENEUR (Fr.), contractor: builder.
ENTREZ (Fr.), come in.