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ennuyeux<br />

energicamente [It], with energy (abbr. energ.): music.<br />

energico [It], energetic; forcible: music.<br />

en évidence [Fr], in evidence.<br />

en famille [Fr], in (or with) one's family; among ourselves; informally.<br />

enfance [Fr], childhood.<br />

enfant [Fr], child. —enfant de famille [pi. enfants de famille], lit., child<br />

of the family; child (or young person) of good family. —enfant gâté<br />

[fern, gâtée], a spoiled child, —enfants perdus, lit., lost children; a<br />

forlorn hope: mil. -—enfant terrible, a terrible child; a child who<br />

makes disconcerting remarks. —enfant trouvé, a foundling.<br />

enfaticamente [It], emphatically: music.<br />

enfer [Fr], hell.<br />

en fête [Fr], in holiday dress or mood; in the act of holiday merrymaking.<br />

enfilade [Fr], suite (of rooms); string (of <strong>phrases</strong>); mil., enfilade.<br />

enfin [Fr], in fine; in short; at last.<br />

en fin de compte [Fr], lit., in the end of the account; in the end; when<br />

all is told.<br />

en flagrant délit [Fr], in the very act; red-h<strong>and</strong>ed.<br />

en flûte [Fr], like a flute, or naval transport; armed with guns on the<br />

upper deck only: nav.<br />

en foule [Fr], in a crowd; in crowds.<br />

en fuego [Sp], under fire; in action: mil.<br />

en garçon [Fr], as a bachelor.<br />

en gr<strong>and</strong> [Fr], on a large scale; in gr<strong>and</strong> style; portrait painting, fullsized;<br />

at full length.<br />

en gr<strong>and</strong>e tenue [Fr], in full dress; mil., in full uniform; in review<br />

order.<br />

en gr<strong>and</strong>e toilette [Fr], in full dress.<br />

en gr<strong>and</strong> seigneur [Fr], like a great lord; in lordly style.<br />

en guerre [Fr], at war; at variance.<br />

en habiles gens [Fr], like able men.<br />

en haut [Fr], on high; aloft; above; overhead.<br />

en joue! [Fr], lit., at the cheek! aim! take aim!<br />

en la rose je fleuris [Fr], in the rose I flourish: motto of the Duke of<br />

Richmond.<br />

en ligne [Fr], in line; mil, fall in!<br />

en lista or en lista de correos [Sp], general delivery; to be kept till<br />

called for: postal direction.<br />

enluminure [Fr], the art of coloring or illuminating; illuminated design;<br />

colored print; colloq., high color (of the face); fig., false brilliancy of<br />

style.<br />

en masse [Fr], in a mass; in a body; all together.<br />

ennui [Fr], boredom.<br />

ennuyé [Fr; fern, ennuyée], mentally wearied; bored.<br />

ennuyeux [Fr], boring, dull.

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