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Billion :: Billion (n.) According to the French and American method of numeration, a thousand millions, or 1,000,000,000; according to the English method, a million millions, or 1,000,000,000,000. See Numeration..

Semi-pelagian :: Semi-Pelagian (n.) A follower of John Cassianus, a French monk (died about 448), who modified the doctrines of Pelagius, by denying human merit, and maintaining the necessity of the Spirit's influence, while, on the other hand, he rejected the Augustinian doctrines of election, the inability of man to do good, and the certain perseverance of the saints..

Mademoiselle :: Mademoiselle (n.) A French title of courtesy given to a girl or an unmarried lady, equivalent to the English Miss..

Octroi :: Octroi (n.) A tax levied in money or kind at the gate of a French city on articles brought within the walls.

Frenzy :: Frenzy (v. t.) To affect with frenzy; to drive to madnes.

Calvinism :: Calvinism (n.) The theological tenets or doctrines of John Calvin (a French theologian and reformer of the 16th century) and his followers, or of the so-called calvinistic churches..

Frena :: Frena (pl. ) of Frenu.

Nivose :: Nivose (n.) The fourth month of the French republican calendar [1792-1806]. It commenced December 21, and ended January 19. See VendEmiaire..

Fructidor :: Fructidor (n.) The twelfth month of the French republican calendar; -- commencing August 18, and ending September 16. See Vendemiaire..

Trinitarian :: Trinitarian (n.) One of a monastic order founded in Rome in 1198 by St. John of Matha, and an old French hermit, Felix of Valois, for the purpose of redeeming Christian captives from the Mohammedans..

Fauteuil :: Fauteuil (n.) An armchair; hence (because the members sit in fauteuils or armchairs), membership in the French Academy..

Lune :: Lune (n.) A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak.

Angelot :: Angelot (n.) A French gold coin of the reign of Louis XI., bearing the image of St. Michael; also, a piece coined at Paris by the English under Henry VI..

Prunelle :: Prunelle (n.) A kind of small and very acid French plum; -- applied especially to the stoned and dried fruit.

Sou :: Sou (n.) An old French copper coin, equivalent in value to, and now displaced by, the five-centime piece (/ of a franc), which is popularly called a sou..

Cassidony :: Cassidony (n.) The French lavender (Lavandula Stoechas.

Calorie :: Calorie (n.) The unit of heat according to the French standard; the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram (sometimes, one gram) of water one degree centigrade, or from 0¡ to 1¡. Compare the English standard unit, Foot pound..

En- :: En- () A prefix signifying in or into, used in many English words, chiefly those borrowed from the French. Some English words are written indifferently with en-or in-. For ease of pronunciation it is commonly changed to em-before p, b, and m, as in employ, embody, emmew. It is sometimes used to give a causal force, as in enable, enfeeble, to cause to be, or to make, able, or feeble; and sometimes merely gives an intensive force, as in enchasten. See In-..

Chouan :: Chouan (n.) One of the royalist insurgents in western France (Brittany, etc.), during and after the French revolution..

Camisard :: Camisard (n.) One of the French Protestant insurgents who rebelled against Louis XIV, after the revocation of the edict of Nates; -- so called from the peasant's smock (camise) which they wore..

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