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topi [Hind], hat; helmet; sun helmet. Written also topee.
το irpeTTov [Gr; tò prepon], that which is seemly; propriety; decorum.
toreo [Sp], bullfighting.
torero [Sp], bullfighter on foot.
torii [Jap], Japanese gate, commonly built before the entrance to a
Shinto shrine.
toro [Sp; pi. toros], bull, —corrida de toros, bullfight.
torsk [Dan], fresh cod.
torta [Sp & It], tart; pie.
Torte [Ger], a rich cake.
tortilla [Sp], a Mexican cornmeal cake, unleavened, and baked on a
heated stone or iron; in Spain, an omelette.
tortue [Fr], turtle. —tortue claire, clear turtle soup.
tosto [It], quick; rapid: music.
Totenmarsch [Ger], funeral march.
Totentanz [Ger], dance of death.
τφθ€ψδόξα [Gr; tô theô dóxa], glory to God.
tot homines quot sententiae [L], so many men, so many minds. The
form used by Terence, quot homines tot sententiae, is preferred.
totidem verbis [L], in so many words; in these very words.
toties quoties [L], as often as; on each occasion; repeatedly.
totis viribus [L], with all one's might.
toto caelo [L], lit., by the whole heaven; by an immense distance;
diametrically opposed.
totum [L], the whole. —totum in eo est, all depends on this.
totus in toto, et totus in qualibet parte [L], complete as a whole, and
complete in every part: said of the human heart.
totus teres atque rotundus [L], entire, smooth, and round; complete
in itself: Horace (adapted).
toujours en vedette [Fr], ever on guard: motto of Frederick the Great.
toujours gai [Fr], always gay.
toujours perdrix [Fr], always partridge; partridge at every meal; too
much of a good thing.
toujours prêt [Fr], always ready.
toujours propice [Fr], always favorable.
toupet [Fr], tuft of hair; fig., effrontery; presumption; cheek. —quel
toupet!, what effrontery! what cheek!
tour [Fr], a turn; tour; trick; feat. —tour à tour, alternately. —tour
d'adresse, legerdemain. —tour de coquin, knavish trick. —tour de
force, feat of strength {or skill). —tour de main, sleight of hand.
—tour du bâton, perquisites; pickings.
tourelle [Fr], turret.
tournedos [Fr], a choice cut of beef fillet.
tourner casaque [Fr], to turn one's coat; change sides.