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Forms of Address: Shades

Nuances, nu aunce. Shades. Colors. Shades of character or opinion. Nudis verbis. In plain words.

Occasions manquées, o khah zyong mang ka. Favorable opportunities missed. On dit, ong dee. They say, or, it is said. A rumor.

Onus probandi. The task or burden of proving.

Opéra Bouffe, o pa rah boof. A comic opera.

Opprobium medicorum. The reproach of the physicians. A disease for which medical science has found no cure.

Otium cum dignitate. Ease with dignity. Otium sine dignitate. Ease without dignity. Outré, oo tra. Exaggerated. Unreasonable. Outrageous. Ouvrier, oo vre ya. A workman. The working classes generally, in France. Par excellence, par ex el launce. By excellence. Pre-eminently. Par privilège, par pre ve layhje. By way of privilege. Pars magna. The chief support. The mainspring.

Parterre, par tair. A flower garden. A pit of a theatre. Particeps criminis. An accomplice or instigator in a crime. Parvenue, par vah noo. A person of low origin. One who has suddenly changed poverty for wealth. One newly risen into notice.

Passè, pah say. Out of date.

Pas seul. (Lit.) a step alone. Applied to a dance executed by one person. Passim. In many places. Everywhere.

Patois, pah toh ah. A country dialect.

Paucis verbis. In a few words.