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méprisable 206
méprisable [Fr], contemptible; despicable.
merci! [Fr], thanks! thank you!
meret qui laborat [L], he is deserving who is industrious.
merlan [Fr], whiting (fish).
merum sal [L], pure salt; genuine Attic wit.
mesa [Sp], a high plain or plateau, commonly bordering a river valley:
southwestern U.S.
mésalliance [Fr], a misalliance; marriage with one of lower rank or
social standing.
mescal [Am Sp mezcal, fr. Aztec mezcalli], a Mexican plant of the genus
Lophophora, with medicinal and narcotic properties; also, an intoxicating
drink distilled from various species of Agave or maguey: Mexico
fcf southwestern U.S. Cf. MARIGUANA, SOTOL, and TEQUILA.
mesdemoiselles [Fr], pi. of MADEMOISELLE.
meshugah [Yiddish fr. Heb], crazy.
mesilla [Sp], a small mesa or plateau: southwestern U.S.
messa di voce [It], the gradual increase and decrease in loudness of a
sustained note in singing (): music.
Messidor [Fr], in the Revolutionary calendar of the first French Republic,
the tenth month of the year, from June 19 to July 18.
mestizo [Sp], a person of mixed ancestry, usually Indian and Spanish.
metate [Sp], primitive stone handmill, consisting of a concave stone or
slab standing on legs of the same block, used for grinding corn, etc.,
with a kind of pestle: Mexico £? southwestern U.S.
métayage [Fr], a system of share rent, by which the tenant gives usually
half the produce to the owner, who supplies stock, tools, and seed.
métayer [Fr], one who farms on shares; a small farmer.
métier [Fr], calling; profession; line.
métif [Fr; fern, métive]. Same as MÉTIS.
métis [Fr; fern, métisse], one of mixed ancestry.
μέτρον άριστον [Gr; métron aristón], moderation is best: Cleobulus.
mettre à la question [Fr], to put to the rack; torture.
mettre au net [Fr], to make a fair copy.
mettre de Peau dans son vin [Fr], lit., to put water in one's wine; lower
one's pretensions.
mettre en question [Fr], to call in question; doubt.
meubles [Fr], movables; furniture; household goods.
meum et tuum [L], mine and thine: used to express rights of property.
mezzo [It; fern, mezza], middle; half; medium; moderate: abbr. m.
—mezzo voce, with medium fullness of tone (abbr. M.V. or m.v.): music.
—mezzo forte, moderately loud (abbr. mf.): music. —mezzo piano,
moderately soft (abbr. mp.): music. —mezzo termine, a middle term
or course; compromise.
mezzo-rilievo [It], half relief: sculp.
mi-carême [Fr], mid-Lent.