15,000 words and phrases from more than 50 languages and their

en vélin 114
en vélin [Fr], in vellum.
en vérité [Fr], in truth; truly; indeed.
en vieillissant on devient plus fou et plus sage [Fr], as we grow old,
we become more foolish and more wise: La Rochefoucauld.
en vigueur [Fr], in force; operative, as a law.
envoi [Fr], shipment; concluding stanza: poetry.
en voiture! [Fr], take your seats! all aboard!
envoyé [Fr; fern, envoyée], messenger; envoy.
eo animo [L], with that intention.
eo instante [L], at that moment.
eo ipso [L], by that itself; by that fact.
eo loci [L], at that very place: Cicero.
eo nomine [L], by {or under) that name; on this account.
épanchement [Fr], outpouring; effusion; overflowing. —épanchement
de coeur, opening of one's heart.
épaule [Fr], shoulder.
€ΊΓ€α τττερόεντα [Gr; épea pteróenta], winged words: Homer.
éperdu [Fr; fern, éperdue], distracted; bewildered, —éperdu d'amour,
madly in love.
éperdument [Fr], distractedly; desperately.
éperlan [Fr], European smelt.
èpice [Fr], spice. —fine èpice, fig., sharp-witted fellow.
épicier [Fr; fern, épicière], grocer; fig., vulgar fellow.
Epicuri de grege porcus [L], a hog from the drove of Epicurus; glutton:
Horace.
em γήραος σύδω [Gr; epì géraos oudô], on the threshold of old age:
Homer.
épigramme [Fr], epigram; cookery, ragout, as of lamb; also, small cutlet.
épinard [Fr], spinach.
épinette [Can Fr], any of several trees of the fir and larch families, esp.
the white spruce (Picea canadiensis) and the red larch (Larix americana).
ή πϊθι ή άττιθι [Gr; è pîthi è ápithi], either drink or depart.
e pluribus unum [L], one out of many: motto of the U.S.A.
eppur si muove [It], nevertheless, it does move: words popularly
attributed to Galileo, after he had been compelled by the Inquisition
to swear that the earth stood still.
épreuve [Fr], proof; trial; ordeal; punting, proof.
épris [Fr; fern, éprise], enamored; taken with.
éprouvette [Fr], a testing apparatus, as for gunpowder; test tube.
épuisé [Fr; fern, épuisée], exhausted; spent; worn out; typog., out of
print.
epulis accumbere divum [L], to recline at the feasts of the gods: Virgil.
épure [Fr], working drawing (of a building); diagram: arch.
è pur troppo vero [It], it is but too true.
equabilmente [It], equably; smoothly: music.