Fighting For Peace
Van Dyke, Henry, 1852-1933
English
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This is a list of unfamiliar (to me) words.
apologue
Moral fable; an allegory.
arbitral
Relating to arbiters or arbitration.
bahn
Pathway.
Belial
Spirit of evil personified; the devil; Satan; worthlessness.
billet-doux
Love letter.
chatelaine
Mistress of a castle or fashionable household. Clasp or chain for
holding keys, trinkets, etc., worn at the waist by women; woman's
lapel ornament resembling this.
confabulations
Conversation; discussion.
Credat Judaeus Apella! [non ego]
"Let the Jew Apella believe it; not I".
Roughly, "tell it to someone else, not me."
escutcheon
Shield or similar surface showing a coat of arms.
flagitious
Shamefully wicked, persons, actions, or times.
Heinous or flagrant crime;
grandiloquently
Speaking or expressed in a lofty style; pompous, bombastic, turgid,
pretentious.
identic
Identical in form, as when two or more governments deal simultaneously
with another government.
lycanthropy
In folklore, ability to assume the form and characteristics of a wolf.
Mare Liberum
Body of navigable water to which all nations have unrestricted access.
mendax
Given to lying.
miching mallecho
Sneaky mischief.
Mittel-Europa
German term approximately equal to Central Europe.
non possumus
We cannot.
obeisance
Movement of the body showing respect or deferential courtesy; bow,
curtsy, or similar gesture.
passier-scheine
Pass; permit.
persona grata
Acceptable person or diplomatic representative.
poilus
French soldier, especially in World War I.
Potsdam
Capital city of the federal state of Brandenburg in Germany, southwest
of Berlin. Berlin was the official capital of Prussia and later of the
German Empire, but the court remained in nearby Potsdam, and many
government officials also settled in Potsdam. The city lost this
status as a second capital in 1918, when World War I ended and the
emperor Wilhelm II was deposed.
refractory (persons)
Hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient.
sagacity
Sound judgment.
schmuck
Obnoxious, contemptible, clumsy or stupid person.
schrecklichkeit
Frightfulness; horror.
soubrette
Maidservant in a play displaying coquetry, pertness, and a tendency to
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