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

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nous verrons [Fr], we shall see. —nous verrons ce que nous verrons,
we shall see what we shall see.
nouveau riche [Fr; pi. nouveaux riches], a man newly become rich; an
upstart.
nouvelle [Fr; pi. nouvelles], news; tidings; also, a short story; novelette.
—quelles sont les nouvelles?, what is the news?
nouvelle vague [Fr], lit., new wave; the film and literary phenomenon
of the 1950's et seq.
novella [It; pi novelle], a tale or narrative with an artistic plot and
brevity of style, like the stories in Boccaccio's Decameron.
novena [L; pi novenae], a nine days' devotion: R.C.Ch.
novia [Sp], fiancée; bride.
novio [Sp], fiancé; bridegroom.
novus homo [L; pi. novi homines], a new man; a man newly risen from
obscurity; an upstart.
novus rex, nova lex [L], new king, new law.
noyade [Fr], wholesale execution by drowning, as in France during the
Reign of Terror (1793-1794).
noyer [Fr], walnut tree.
nuance [Fr], shade; tint; subtle distinction or difference, as in meaning,
color, etc.
nuda veritas [L], naked (or undisguised) truth: Horace.
nudis verbis [L], in plain words.
nudj [Yiddish], lit., to poke at; to pester, nag.
nudnik [Yiddish, fr. Russ nudnyi, tedious], an annoying person, a pest;
a bore.
nudum pactum [L], a nude pact; an informal contract without consideration
or without a cause and therefore invalid unless under seal:
law.
nugae [L; pi.], trifles; unprofitable minutiae; compositions of a trivial
and fugitive kind. —nugae canorae, melodious trifles (or nonsense):
Horace.
nugis addere pondus [L], to add weight to trifles: Horace.
nugis armatus [L], armed with trifles.
nuisible [Fr], hurtful; injurious; noxious.
nul bien sans peine [Fr], no gain without pain.
nulla bona [L], no goods; no effects: law.
nulla dies sine linea [L], no day without a line; no day without something
done.
nulla-nulla [Australian native], a hardwood club used by the Australian
aborigines.
nulla nuova, buona nuova [It], no news is good news.
nulli desperandum, quamdiu spirat [L], no one is to be despaired of
so long as he breathes; while there is life there is hope.
nulli secundus [L], second to none.