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conto 76
conto [Pg], lit., a million: specif., in the modern Portuguese monetary
system, 1000 escudos. [It], account; bill.
contrabandista [Sp], smuggler.
contrabasso or contrabbasso [It], double bass: music.
contra bonos mores [L], contrary to good manners: abbr. cont. bon.
mor.
contradictio in adiecto [L], contradiction in terms: logic.
contrafagotto [It], double bassoon.
contra formam statuti [L], against the form of the statute: law.
contrainte par corps [Fr], arrest for debt: Fr. law.
contra ius gentium [L], against the law of nations.
contra mundum [L], against the world.
contra pacem [L], against the peace: law.
contraria contrariis curantur [L], opposites are cured by opposites (the
principle of allopathy).
contrat [Fr], contract; agreement, —contrat aléatoire, conditional contract:
Fr. law. —contrat de vente, contract of sale. —contrat social,
social compact.
contrecoup [Fr], counterblow; rebound; repercussion; result; effect;
billiards, a kiss. —par contrecoup, as a consequence.
contretemps [Fr], untoward accident; vexatious happening; mischance;
hitch.
contrôlé [Fr], registered; hallmarked.
convenance [Fr], conformity; fitness; propriety; also, convenience; pi.,
conventional proprieties; good manners; etiquette. —mariage de
convenance, marriage contracted primarily from material considerations;
marriage of convenience.
conversazione [It; pi. conversazioni], lit., conversation; an evening
assembly for conversation or discussion.
copain [Fr; fern, copine], chum; companion; buddy; crony.
copia fandi [L], abundance (or great flow) of talk.
copia verborum [L], abundance of words; prolixity.
coq [Fr], cock; rooster, —coq de bruyère, grouse. —coq de combat,
gamecock, —coq d* Inde, lit., cock of India; turkey cock.
coq-à-1'âne [Fr], lit., rooster to the ass; cock-and-bull story; nonsense.
coquillage [Fr], shellfish; shellwork.
coquille [Fr], shell; scallop; ragout; pat, as of butter; typog., wrong
letter. —coquilles de moules, scalloped mussels: cookery. —coquille
St.-Jacques, prepared scallops baked and served in a coquille: cookery.
coquin [Fr], knave; scamp; rascal. —tour de coquin, knavish trick.
coraggio! [It], courage!
coram [L], before; in the presence of. —coram domine rege, before
our lord the king. —coram iudice, before a judge: law. —coram
nobis, before us (i.e., the sovereign); in the Court of King's Bench:
law. —coram non iudice, before a judge without jurisdiction; before