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

147 Gymnasium
guerrero [Sp], warrior.
guerrilla [Sp], lit., little war; a wager of hit-and-run warfare; the
description of such warfare.
guet-apens [Fr; pi. guets-apens], a lying in wait; ambush; fig., premeditated
design to injure.
guillemet [Fr], inverted comma; quotation mark: typog.
guillotine [Fr], machine for executing criminals by decapitation; named
after Dr. Guillotin.
guindé [Fr; fern, guindée], stiff; affected; unnatural; of style, stilted;
bombastic.
guingette [Fr], roadside inn; tea garden or cabaret.
gung ho [Chin], work together (said, for example, by the foreman of
a work crew to ensure full use of each worker's strength in a heavy
task of lifting or pulling).
guru [Hind 8c Skr], Hindu religious teacher; spiritual guide: India.
gustosamente [It], tastefully: music.
gustoso [It], tasteful; agreeable: music.
gute Besserung [Ger], I wish you a quick recovery.
guten Abend [Ger], good evening.
gute Nacht [Ger], good night.
guten Morgen [Ger], good morning.
guten Tag [Ger], good day.
gutta cavat lapidem, non vi, sed saepe cadendo [L], the drop hollows
the stone, not by force, but by constant dropping.
Gymnasium [Ger], German classical school, preparing students for
university.