Bryson•s Dictionary for Writers and Editors

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Euripides / eventuate
Euripides. (c. 484–406 bc) Greek dramatist.
euro (lowercase) for the unit of currency used by most, but not all,
of the nations of the European Union since early 2002.
European Court of Human Rights, based in Strasbourg, deals with issues
of civil liberties arising out of the European Convention on
Human Rights; it has no connection with the European Union
or the UN.
European Court of Justice, in Luxembourg, is a European Union institution
dealing exclusively with disputes involving member states.
European Organization for Nuclear Research is more commonly called
CERN (from Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire).
European Union was formed in 1967 with a formal merger between
the European Economic Community, the European Coal and
Steel Community, and the European Atomic Energy Community.
As of 2007, it had twenty-seven members: Austria, Belgium,
Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom.
Eurydice. In Greek mythology, wife of Orpheus.
Eustachian tube. (Cap. E.) Passage connecting middle ear to nasopharynx.
euthanasia.
evangelical, evangelistic. Generally, evangelical is better reserved for
contexts pertaining to adherence to the Christian gospel. If you
need a word to describe militant zeal or the like, evangelistic is
almost always better (e.g., “the evangelistic fervor of the Campaign
for Nuclear Disarmament”).
eventuate. “Competition for economic interest, power and social esteem
can eventuate in community formation only if ...” (British
Journal of Sociology, cited by Hudson). A pompous synonym for
result.