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143 gospodar
glänzendes Elend [Ger], glittering pauperism.
glasnost' [Russ], lit., publicity; increased openness to criticism.
glaube dem Leben [Ger], have faith in life.
γλαύκας εις 'Αθήνας [Gr; glaukas eis Athénas], owls to Athens; coals
to Newcastle.
glebae ascriptus [L], attached to the soil.
gli assenti hanno torto [It], the absent are (always) in the wrong.
glissando [It], in a gliding manner: music.
glissant [Fr; fern, glissante], slippery; fig., ticklish; delicate; precarious.
—pas glissant, dangerous step; ticklish affair.
Glocke [Ger; pi Glocken], bell.
Glockenspiel [Ger], lit., play of bells; chimes; carillon.
Gloria [L], Glory: the first word in certain doxologies. —Gloria in
Excelsis (Deo), Glory be (to God) on high (Luke ii. 14): the "greater
doxology." —Gloria Patri, Glory be to the Father: the "lesser doxology."
—Gloria Tibi, Domine, Glory be to Thee, O Lord.
gloria virtutis umbra [L], glory is the shadow of virtue.
Glück auf den Weg [Ger], good luck on the way; a pleasant journey
to you!
Glück auf! Glück zu! viel Glück! [Ger], good luck! God speed!
glückliche Reise! [Ger], a prosperous journey! bon voyage!
Glück und Glas, wie bald bricht das [Ger], lit., luck and glass, how
soon it breaks; glass and luck, brittle muck.
glupi nie posiwieje [Pol], a fool's head never grows gray,
γνώθι σεαυτόν [Gr; gnôthi seautón], know thyself: inscribed over the
entrance of the temple of Apollo at Delphi.
gobe-mouches [Fr], flycatcher (bird); fig., one who swallows anything;
credulous person; simpleton.
godiveau [Fr], a kind of forcemeat ball: cookery.
goguette [Fr], a singing society, usually meeting in a tavern; free-andeasy
party; hence, mirth; merry mood, —-être en goguette, to be in
a convivial mood; be on a spree.
goma [Sp], gum; India rubber. —goma laca, shellac.
gommeux [Fr], fop; swell; man about town.
gonif [Yiddish], a crook; an untrustworthy person; a clever person.
goon [Hind gunda], hired thug.
gora [Hind], fair-complexioned, hence, Caucasian, esp. of inferior rank;
specif., European soldier: India.
górdym protivitsya Bóg [Russ], God opposes the haughty ones.
gorge-de-pigeon [Fr], iridescent, like the throat of a pigeon; shot, as
silk.
gorgheggio [It; pi. gorgheggi], trill; florid passage: music.
gorgio [Romany], gypsy name for a non-gypsy.
górod [Russ], city; town: common in place names.
gospodar [Russ], gentlemen.