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89 dégras
décolletage [Fr], of a dress, a low neckline; also, the state of being
decollete.
décolleté [Fr; fern, décolletée], low-necked, as a woman's evening gown;
low-cut; wearing a low-necked dress.
décoré [Fr], decorated; knighted; wearing the insignia of an order of
merit.
decori decus addit avito [L], he adds honor to the ancestral honor.
découcher [Fr], to sleep out, away from home; stay out all night.
décousu [Fr.; fern, décousue], unsewn; unstitched; of literary style, unconnected;
desultory; loose.
decrescendo [It], with a gradual decrease in loudness (abbr. dec. or
decres.): music.
decretum [L; pi. decreta], decree; ordinance: abbr. d.
décrotté [Fr], brushed up; cleaned.
decus et tutamen [L], honor and defense.
dédicace [Fr], dedication; inscription.
de die in diem [L], from day to day: abbr. de d. in d.
dédit [Fr], lit., retracted; retraction; forfeiture; forfeit; penalty for
breach of contract: Fr. &f Can. law.
de duobus malis, minus est semper eligendum [L], of two evils, the
lesser is always to be chosen: Thomas à Kempis.
de facto [L], in fact; actual or actually: distinguished from de ture.
defectus sanguinis [L], failure of issue: law.
défense d'afficher [Fr], post no bills.
défense de fumer [Fr], no smoking.
défense d'entrer [Fr], no admittance.
deficit omne quod nascitur [L], everything that is born passes away:
Quintilian.
de fide [L], lit., of the faith; required to be held as an article of faith.
de fide et officio iudicis non recipitur quaestio [L], concerning the
good faith and duty of the judge, no question can be allowed: law.
defiéndame Dios de mí [Sp], may God defend me from myself.
definitum [L; pi. definita], a thing defined.
de fond en comble [Fr], from top to bottom; wholly.
de fumo in flammam [L], out of the smoke into the flame; out of the
frying pan into the fire.
dégagé [Fr.; fern, dégagée], easy; free; unconstrained.
de gaieté de coeur [Fr], from lightness of heart; sportively; wantonly.
d'égal à égal [Fr], on equal terms.
dégât [Fr], damage.
degeneres ánimos timor arguit [L], fear betrays ignoble souls: Virgil.
dégoût [Fr], distaste; loathing; disgust.
dégoûté [Fr; fern, dégoûtée], adj. fastidious; squeamish; η. fastidious
person.
dégras [Fr], a dressing for leather; dubbing.