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polisson 248
polisson [Fr; fern, polissonne], adj. low; coarse; libidinous; n. vagabond
urchin; reprobate; blackguard; low fellow.
politesse [Fr], politeness; civility; kindness.
politico [It & Sp], politician.
politique [Fr], politician; specif., opportunist,
πολλά μεταξύ πέλει κύλικος και χείλιος άκρου [Gr; polla metaxù pelei
kylikos kaì kheílios ákrou], there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip:
Aristotle.
pollice verso [L], with thumb turned (downward); the signal by which
spectators condemned a vanquished gladiator to death.
polio [Sp], chicken. —arroz con pollo, chicken with rice,
πολλοί -yap είσιν κλητοί ολίγοι δε εκλεκτοί [Gr; polloì gár eisin klètoì
olígoi de eklektoí], for many are called, but few are chosen: Matthew
xxii. 14.
pompadour [Fr], hair style named after Madame de Pompadour.
pompiere [It; pi. pompieri], fireman.
pomposo [It], pompous; grandiose (abbr. pomp.): music.
pondere non numero [L], by weight not by number.
pons [L; pi. pontes], a bridge; anat., a part connecting two parts.
—pons asinorum, asses' bridge (fifth proposition of the first book of
Euclid); hence, anything difficult for beginners. —pons Varolii, in
the higher vertebrates, a band of transverse nerve fibres on the
ventral surface of the brain: anat. & zool.
ponticello [It], bridge of string instrument: music.
pontificalia [L; pi], vestments and insignia of a bishop; pontificals.
pont-levis [Fr], drawbridge.
poonghie or pongyi [Burmese hpöng-gyi, great glory], Buddhist monk:
Burma. Cf. TALAPOIN.
populus me sibilat, at mihi plaudo [L], the people hiss me, but I
applaud myself: Horace.
populus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur [L], the populace wants to be
deceived, therefore let it be deceived.
pore [Fr], hog; pork.
por ciento [Sp], per cent: abbr. p%.
por favor [Sp], please.
por ferrocarril [Sp], by rail.
porro unum est necessarium [L], still there is one thing necessary.
portamento [It], a slur or glide from one note to another: music.
portato [It], carried; sustained: music.
porte-cochère [Fr], carriage entrance; courtyard gateway; erroneously,
carriage porch.
portefeuille [Fr], portfolio.
portemonnaie [Fr], small flat purse or pocketbook.
portière [Fr], curtain hung over door or doorway.
pòrto [Pg], port. —porto de mar, seaport.