Foreign Language phrases used in english starting with 'B'
Foreign Language phrases used in English
Bacchanal or bacchanalian A devotee of Bacchus, the Greek god of wine. A wild, uninhibited and drunken orgy.
Belles-letters literature regarded as a fine art, especially as having a purely aesthetic function.
BÃ te noire (Black beast) A person or thing feared, disliked and avoided.
Billet-doux A love letter.
Bistro A small wine shop, restaurant, nightclub or bar.
Blasé unimpressed or indifferent to something because one has experienced or seen it so often before
Bonbon A small piece of candy
Bon homie frank and simple good-heartedness; a good-natured manner; friendliness; geniality.
Bon mot (Good word) An apt, clever or witty remark.
Bon vivant A person who enjoys good food, good wine and good times.
Bon voyage Pleasant journey; a farewell to a traveler.
Bona fide Made in good faith; the real thing.
Boutique A small shop where fashionable expensive clothes and other items are sold.
Bourgeois A person whose beliefs, attitudes and practices are conventionally middle class. CONVENTIONAL;smug; materialistic.
Boutonniere A flower worn in a lapel buttonhole.
Bowdlerize To expunge a book by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar. To modify by abridging, simplifying, or distorting in style or content. From Thomas Bowdler, an 18th century Englishman who tried to expurgate the works of Shakespeare.
Braggadocio A braggart. boastful or arrogant behaviour.
Bravura great technical skill and brilliance shown in a performance or activity
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