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239 pathétique
passager [Fr], passenger.
passé [Fr; fern, passée], past; past one's prime; esp., past the period of
a woman's greatest beauty; faded; withered; antiquated; behind the
times.
passe-montagne [Fr; pi. passe-montagnes], a kind of combination scarf
and helmet for protection against cold; balaclava.
passe-partout [Fr], master key; pass-key; picture framing, a cut-out mount
used as a mat; also, a kind of light frame of glass and cardboard,
with portrait or other picture between, the whole being held together
with gummed strips.
passer une nuit blanche [Fr], to pass a sleepless night (lit., white night).
passetemps [Fr], pastime.
passez au large [Fr], pass at a distance; keep off; go round the other
way.
pas si bête [Fr], not such a fool; not so green.
passim [L], everywhere; scatteredly: said of allusions, expressions, etc.,
found in all parts of a particular book or used by a given author.
passionato [It], passionate; impassioned: music.
passionnant [Fr; fern, passionnante], of absorbing interest; thrilling.
passons au déluge [Fr], let us pass on to the Deluge; let us get to the
point: Racine.
passus [L; pi. passus], a portion or division of a poem or story; canto.
pasta [It], doughy substance from which spaghetti, ravioli, etc., are
made; general name for all such dishes.
pas tant de rouscaille [Fr], not so much growling: Fr. mil. slang.
pastèque [Fr], watermelon.
pasticcio [It; pi. pasticci], lit., a pie; medley; hodgepodge; potpourri.
pastiche [Fr], medley; imitation (of an author or artist); pasticcio.
pastille [Fr], small round candy or medicine.
pastorale [It; pi. pastorali], piece of music of an idyllic or rustic character;
a pastoral,
ττάταξον μέν, άκουσον δέ [Gr; pátaxon mén, ákouson dé], strike, but
hear me: reply of Themistocles to the Spartan commander.
pâte [Fr], paste; ceramics, the plastic mixture used in making pottery
or porcelain. —pâte dure, hard paste used for porcelain. —pâte
feuilletée, puff paste: cookery. —pâte sur pâte, lit., paste upon paste;
white enamel applied in low relief to a previously prepared surface.
—pâte tendre, soft paste in porcelain manufacture.
pâté [Fr], a pie; patty. —pâté de foie gras, goose liver loaf.
paterfamilias [L], father of a family; head of a household.
pater patriae [L], father of his country.
patetico [It], pathetic: music.
παθήματα μαθήματα [Gr; pathémata mathémata], sufferings are lessons:
Herodotus.
pathétique [Fr], pathetic; full of pathos: music.