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d'occasion 100<br />

d'occasion [Fr], accidentally; also, secondh<strong>and</strong>.<br />

docendo discimus [L], we learn by teaching.<br />

Docent or Dozent [Ger], licensed university teacher or lecturer; tutor;<br />

prìvatdocent (q.v.).<br />

doce ut discas [L], teach that you may learn.<br />

doch [Russ; pi. dochiree], daughter.<br />

doctor utriusque legis [L], doctor of both laws (canon <strong>and</strong> civil).<br />

dogana [It], customhouse; also, a customs duty.<br />

dogaressa [It], wife of a doge.<br />

dojo [Jap], school for teaching judo, kendo, etc.<br />

dolce [It], sweet; soft; agreeable. —dolce far niente, sweet doing nothing;<br />

pleasant idleness, —dolce maniera, delightful manners.<br />

dolcemente [It], sweetly; softly: music.<br />

dolce-piccante [It], bittersweet.<br />

dolce vita [It], sweet life; specifically, the indolent, luxurious life of the<br />

idle rich or jet set.<br />

dolente [It], doleful; sad, plaintive.<br />

dolium volvitur [L], an empty cask is easily rolled.<br />

doloroso [It; fern, dolorosa], pathetic; doleful: music.<br />

dolus [L], deceit; fraud. —dolus bonus, permissible deceit. —dolus<br />

malus, unlawful deceit: all faw.<br />

Dom [Ger; pi. Dome], cathedral.<br />

dorn [Russ], house; domicile.<br />

Domchor [Ger], cathedral choir.<br />

domina [L; pi. dominae], lady.<br />

Domine, dirige nos [L], O Lord, direct us: motto of the City of London.<br />

Dominus illuminatio mea [L], the Lord is my light (Psalms xxvii. 1):<br />

motto of Oxford University.<br />

Dominus providebit [L], the Lord will provide.<br />

Dominus vobiscum [L], the Lord be with you.<br />

domus et piacene uxor [L], home <strong>and</strong> a pleasing wife: Horace.<br />

Domus Procerum [L], the House of Lords: abbr. D.P. or Dom. Proc.<br />

Don [Sp], Spanish nobleman; gentleman: a title, equivalent to Sir or<br />

Mr., prefixed to the given name. Cf. SEÑOR.<br />

Dona [Pg], lady; madam: a title given to Portuguese ladies, —dona, a<br />

Portuguese lady.<br />

Doña [Sp], lady; madam: a title prefixed to the given name of a Spanish<br />

lady: abbr. D. a . —doña, a Spanish lady.<br />

donde está la verdad está Dios [Sp], where truth is, there is God:<br />

Cervantes.<br />

donee eris felix multos numerabis amicos [L], as long as you are<br />

prosperous, you will number many friends: Ovid.<br />

donga [Zulu], gully: South Africa.

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