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207 miscebis sacra profanis
mi cuenta [Sp], my account: abbr. m/c.
midi [Fr], noon; noonday. —Midi, the south; southern France.
midinette [Fr], one of a class of young Parisian working women said
to throng the streets at noon {midi).
mieux vaut tard que jamais [Fr], better late than never.
mignard [Fr; fern, mignarde], dainty; delicate; prettily engaging; also,
affected; mincing.
mignardise [Fr], daintiness; delicacy; engaging ways, as of a child;
delicate fondling; wheedling; also, affectation; mincing.
mihi cura futuri [L], my care is for the future.
mijaurée [Fr], an affected and finicky or conceited woman.
mijnheer [Du], usual Dutch form of address, equivalent to Sir.
mijoter [Fr], cookery, to simmer; colloq., coddle; pamper.
mikado [Jap], the emperor of Japan.
mikva [Yiddish], ritual bath for women.
miles gloriosus [L], boastful soldier.
milieu [Fr], middle; medium; environment; sphere.
militât omnis amans [L], every lover serves as a soldier: Ovid.
militiae species amor est [L], love is a kind of military service: Ovid.
mille verisimili non fanno un vero [It], a thousand probabilities do
not make one truth.
millier [Fr], metric ton.
minaccevolmente [It], in a threatening manner; menacingly: music.
minacciando [It], threateningly: music.
minauderie [Fr], lackadaisicalness; simpering; smirking; affectation;
mincing manners.
minestrone [It], a thick soup, made with vegetables and pasta.
Minnenwerfer or Minnen [Ger], mine thrower; trench mortar: mil.
minusculae [L], small Roman letters in cursive script of the seventh to
the ninth centuries; minuscules; hence, a small or lower-case letter:
paleog. Cf. MAIUSCULAE.
minyan [Heb; pi. minyanim], in Judaism, the quorum of adult males
necessary for holding public worship.
mi permetta [It], allow me; permit me.
mir [Russ], Russian village community; world; peace.
mirabile dictu [L], wonderful to relate: Virgil.
mirabile visu [L], wonderful to behold.
mirabilia [L], wonders; miracles.
miroir [Fr], mirror; looking glass.
miroton [Fr], stew of beef slices smothered in onions: cookery.
mirum in modum [L], in a wonderful manner; surprisingly: Caesar.
misce [L], mix: pharm.
miscebis sacra profanis [L], you will mingle sacred things with profane:
Horace.