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205 mépris
mémoire [Fr], short autobiography; personal narrative; memory.
mémoire de lièvre [Fr], lit., a hare's memory; a bad or treacherous
memory.
memorabilia [L], things worth remembering.
memor et fidelis [L], mindful and faithful.
memoria in aeterna [L], in everlasting remembrance.
memoria technica [L], artificial memory; a mnemonic system or contrivance;
mnemonics.
memoriter [L], from memory; by heart.
memsahib [Anglo-Ind], a European married lady or mistress of a
household in India.
ménage [Fr], household management; housekeeping; household.
—ménage à trois, a trio frequently consisting of husband, wife, and
wife's lover, or husband, wife, and husband's mistress.
mendacem memorem esse oportet [L], a liar should have a good
memory: Quintilian.
mene, mene, tekel, upharsin [Aram], lit., numbered, weighed, divisions;
"God hath numbered thy kingdom and finished it; thou art weighed
in the balances, and art found wanting; thy kingdom is divided": the
writing on the wall of Belshazzar's banquet hall (Daniel v. 25-28).
menina [Pg], young lady; miss.
meno or men [It], less. —meno mosso, less quick: music.
mens aequa in arduis [L], a mind undisturbed in adversities; equanimity
in difficulties: Horace (adapted). Cf. AEQUAM SERVARE MENTEM.
mensa et toro [L], from bed and board: law.
mens agitât molem [L], mind moves (or animates) the mass; mind moves
matter: Virgil.
Mensch werden ist eine Kunst [Ger], to become a man is an art.
mens conscia recti [L], a mind conscious of rectitude.
mens divinior [L], a mind of diviner cast; an inspired soul: Horace.
mens invicta manet [L], the mind remains unconquered.
mens legis [L], the spirit of the law.
mens rea [L], a guilty intent: law.
mens sana in corpore sano [L], a sound mind in a sound body: Juvenal.
mens sibi conscia recti [L], a mind conscious to itself of rectitude; a
good conscience: Virgil.
Mensur [Ger], students' duel.
menteur à triple étage [Fr], a consummate liar.
menthe [Fr], mint.
mentis gratissimus error [L], a most delightful hallucination: Horace.
menu gibier [Fr], small game.
menus plaisirs [Fr], pocket money (i.e., money for small pleasures).
meo periculo [L], at my own risk.
meo voto [L], by my wish.
mépris [Fr], contempt; contumely.