F -
fabricati diem - make my day(L)
fait accompli - thing already done(Fr)
fatwa - a legal decision (Arab)
floreat - let it flourish (L)
fuhrer - leader (Ger)
G. . ....
glasnost - openness
Gotterdammerung - in German mythology the final destruction of the world. (Ger)
gout - taste ,artistic discernment (Fr)
gulag - labour camp (Rus)
h... .....
habeas corpus - Writ to produce a prisoner before a court ( L)
haiku - amusement verse (Jap)
hajj - pilgrimage ((Arab)
Hakenkruez - swastika ( hooked cross) (Ger )
haute cuisine - high class cooking ( Fr)
hoi polloi - common people (Gr)
J
homme d' affaires - businessman
homme d'esprit - man of wit or genius (Fr )
hos d' oeuvre - savoury appetiser (Fr )
I.. .....
ibidem - in the same place (L)
ich dien - I serve (Ger)
id est - that is (L)
Incunabulam - book printed before 1501,original Latin meaning was 'swaddling clothes
in extremis - at the point of death (L)
Infra dig - beneath one's dignity (L)
inshallah - if Allah wills, 'touch wood'(Arab)
in vitro - In a test tube (L)
ispo facto - by the
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