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

idiculus mus 270
ridiculus mus [L], a ridiculous mouse. See PARTURIUNT MONTES.
ridotto [It; pi. ridotti], orig., a fashionable club or pleasure resort,
devoted to dancing, dining, and (often) dissipation; a public entertainment
with music and dancing, often in masquerade, very popular
in England in the 18th century; music, an adaptation of a piece from
the full score.
rien de plus éloquent que l'argent comptant [Fr], nothing is more
eloquent than ready money; money talks.
rien n'est beau que le vrai [Fr], nothing is beautiful but the truth.
rifacimento [It; pi. rifacimenti], a remaking; refurbishing; esp., a
remodeled form of a literary or musical composition.
rigolo [Fr], amusing; jolly: colloq.
rigor mortis [L], lit., rigor of death; the temporary stiffening of the
body after death.
Rigsdag [Dan], the Danish legislature.
rilievo [It], projection from a background; relief: sculp.
rinforzando [It], lit., reinforcing; strengthening; imparting additional
stress {abbr. rf., rfz., or rinf.): music.
rio [It; pi. rii], rivulet; brook; specif., one of the smaller canals, or water
streets, in Venice.
rio [Pg], river. —rio abaixo, downriver. —rio arriba, upriver.
río [Sp], river. —río abajo, downriver. —río arriba, upriver.
ripaille [Fr], feasting; carousal; debauch; riotous living. Cf. BOMBANCE.
—faire ripaille, to feast; junket; revel; carouse.
ripieno [It], lit., filling up; supplementary; additional (i.e., executed by
several performers to increase the mass effect): music.
ripopée [Fr], slops; bad wine; hodgepodge; medley.
riposatamente [It], restfully; calmly: music.
rira bien qui rira le dernier [Fr], he laughs best who laughs last.
rire entre cuir et chair [Fr], lit., to laugh between skin and flesh; laugh
up one's sleeve.
rire jaune [Fr], lit., to laugh yellow; laugh on the wrong side of one's
mouth; force a laugh.
risaldar [Hind], commander of an Indian cavalry regiment.
ris de veau [Fr], calf's sweetbread; sweetbread.
rishi [Skr], Hindu sage or seer; inspired poet, esp., one of the seven
ancient sages to whom the Vedic hymns were originally revealed;
pop., a Hindu ascetic. —maharishi, a Hindu teacher of mystical
knowledge.
Risorgimento [It], lit., resurrection; the Revival of Learning in Italy in
the 14th and 15th centuries; politics, the awakening of Italian nationalism,
culminating in complete unification and independence in 1870.
risotto [It], an Italian mixed dish consisting of rice, broth, onions,
cheese, meat, etc.: cookery.
risqué [Fr; fern, risquée], risky; improper; indelicate.