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eau-de-vie. [F.] Water of life; brandy.

ébauche. [F.] Sketch; model; outline.

è cattivo vento che non è buono per qualcuno. [It.] "It's an ill wind that blows nobody good."

ecce. [L.] Behold—ecce homo! Behold the man! —ecce signum! Behold the sign! here is the proof.

ecco. [It.] Here is [or are]; there is [or are]; look here; look there; see (often an almost expletive interjection).

école de droit. [F.] Law school.

edition de luxe. [F.] An elaborate and costly edition, often limited, as of a book.

editio princeps. [L.] First edition.

e flammâ petere cibum. [L.] To seek food out of the flame (i.e., by desperate expedients).

égalité. [F.] Equality.

ego et rex meus. [L.] (Cardinal Wolsey.) I and my king.

eiguer Herd ist Goldes werth. [G.] One's own hearth has golden worth; "home is home, be it ever so homely."

eile mit Weile. [G.] Make haste slowly; speed with heed.

élève. [F.] Pupil; scholar.

emeritus. [L.] Honorably retired from active service.

émigré. [F.] An emigrant.

empta dolore docet experientia. [L.] Experience bought with pain teaches.

en. [F.] In; into; within; like; as; by means of. —en arrière. In the rear; behind. —en avant. Forward; onward. —en déshabillé. In undress. —en Dieu est ma fiance. In God is my trust. —en effet. In effect; virtually; substantially. —en famille. In the family; at home. —en foule. In a crowd. —en grand. Of full size. —en grande tenue. In full dress. —en haut. Above, on high. —en masse. In a body. —en papillotes. In curl-papers. —en passant. In passing; by the way. —en pension. In a boarding-house. —en plein jour. Before the whole world. —en rapport. In sympathetic relation. —en règle. According to rule; in due order. —en route. On the road; on the way. —en suite. In a series or set. —en verité. In truth; verily.

enceinte. [F.] Pregnant.

en cueros (en cueros vivos). [Sp.] Naked.

enfants perdus. [F.] Lost children [of an army]; forlorn hope.

enfant terrible. [F.] Terrible child.

enfant trouvé. [F.] A foundling.

enfin. [F.] Finally; to conclude.

ense petit placidam sub libertate quietum. [L.] By the sword he [or she] seeks repose settled under liberty. (Motto of the state of Massachusetts.)

entente cordiale. [F.] Cordial understanding; in politics, friendliness between governments.

entremets. [F.] A side-dish or -dishes; an interlude.

entre nous. [F.] Between ourselves; confidentially.

entrepôt. [F.] A distributing commercial center; a depot or storehouse.

e pluribus unum. [L.] Out of many, one. (Motto of the United States.)

Erin go bragh. [Gael.] Ireland forever.

errare humanum est. [L.] To err is human.

erratum (pl. errata). [L.] To err is human.

es bildet ein Talent sich in der Stille, sich ein Charakter in dem Strom der Welt. [G.] (Goethe, Tasso 1, 2.) Talent is built up in quiet, character in the stream of the world.

è sempre l'ora. [It.] It is always time.

esprit de corps. [F.] A spirit of common devotedness, or support, among the members of an association; comradeship.

est modus in rebus. [L.] There is a limit in things.

esto perpetua. [L.] May it [or mayst thou] last forever.

est quædam fiere voluptas. [L.] There is in weeping a certain pleasure.

et cetera, or cætera. [L.] And other things; and so forth (abbreviated etc. and &c.).