S: (adj) fin de siecle, fin-de-siecle (relating to or characteristic of the end of a century (especially the end of the 19th century)) "fin de siecle art"
S: (n) noblesse oblige (the obligation of those of high rank to be honorable and generous (often used ironically))
S: (n) patois (a regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard)
S: (n) eminence grise ((French) a person who exercises power or influence in certain areas without holding an official position) "the President's wife is an eminence grise in matters of education"
W: (adj) fin-de-siecle [Related to: French] (marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay) "a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility"; "a group of effete self-professed intellectuals"
S: (n) French, Daniel Chester French (United States sculptor who created the seated marble figure of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. (1850-1931))
Verb
S: (v) French (cut (e.g, beans) lengthwise in preparation for cooking) "French the potatoes"
S: (v) cut (shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of) "cut my hair"
S: (v) shorten (make short or shorter) "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches"
S: (v) change, alter, modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation) "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"