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 de mortuis nil nisi bonum. [L.] Of the dead [say] nothing but good.

de nihilo nihilum, in nihilum nil posse reverti. [L.] From nothing nothing, into nothing nothing can return.

Deo favente. [L.] God favoring.

Deo juvante. [L.] God helping.

Deo, non fortunâ. [L.] From God, not from chance.

de profundis. [L.] Out of the depths.

de retour. [F.] Back again; returned.

de rigueur. [F.] Imperative; not to be dispensed with.

dernier ressort. [F.] A last resource.

désobligeant. [F.] Disobliging: name given to a vehicle seating but one person; a sulky.

desuetudo. [L.] Disuse.

desunt cetera. [L.] The remainder is wanting.

de trop. [F.] Too much; too many; out of place; not wanted.

detur digniori. [L.] Let it be given to the worthiest.

deus ex machina. [L.] A god [let down] from the machine: said in allusion to antique theatrical machinery.

Deus vobiscum! [L.] God be with you!

dextro tempore. [L.] At a lucky moment.

dies iræ, dies illa. [L.] Day of wrath, that day: first words of ancient Latin hymn on the Day of Judgment.

dies non juriducus. [L.] A non-judicial day, as Sunday or any legal holiday: abbreviated dies non.

Dieu avec nous. [F.] God with us.

Dieu défend le droit! [F.] God defend the right!

Dieu et mon droit. [F.] God and my right.

Dieu vous garde! [F.] God guard you!

die Weltgeschichte ist das Weltgericht. [G.] world-history is a world-tribunal.

dignus vindice nodus. [L.] A knot worthy of being loosed by such hands.

dii penates. [L.] Household gods.

dilettante. [It.] An amateur artist; a non-professional lover of art.

dios me libre de hombre de un libro! [Sp.] God deliver me from a man of one book!

dirigo. [L.] I direct. (Motto of Maine.)

diseur de bons mots. [F.] A sayer of good things; a witty person.

disjecta membra. [L.] Scattered parts.

distingué. [F.] Distinguished.

distrait. [F.] Absent in thought; absent-minded.

dit. [F.] Called (e.g., "Ant. Allegri dit Il Correggio").

ditat Deus. [L.] God enriches. (Motto of Arizona.)

divertissement. [F.] Amusement; sport.

divide et impera. [L.] Divide and govern. (Motto of Louis XI. of France.)

dolce far niènte. [It.] Sweet idleness.

dolorosa. [It.] Soft and pathetic.

Domine, dirige nos. [L.] Lord, direct us. (Motto of the City of London.)

Dominus vobiscum. [L.] The Lord be with you.

dos moi pou sto, kai tan gan kinaso. [Gr.] (Saying attributed to Archimedes.) Give me where I may stand, and I will move the earth.

double entente. [F.] Double meaning; equivocal sense.

dramatis personæ. [L.] The characters in a play.

drap d'or. [F.] Cloth of gold.

droit des gens. [F.] Law of nations; international law.

ducit amor patriæ. [L.] Love of country leads [me].

dulce est desipere in loco. [L.] It is delightful to unbend upon occasion.

dulce et decorum est pro patriâ mori. [L.] Sweet an seemly is it to die for one's fatherland.

dum spiro, spero. [L.] While I breathe, I hope. (Part of the twofold motto of South Carolina.)

dum vivimus, vivamus. [L.] (From an ancient inscription.) While we live, let us live.

durante beneplacito. [L.] During good pleasure.

dux femina facti. [L.] The leader of the deed was a woman.