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All derived from 9,053 borrowed from 5,710 learned borrowing from 1,127 calque of 209 semantic loan from 2 exonerator One who exonerates. exorbitation The act of leaving the usual path or course; deviation. exordial of or relating to an exordium, beginning or introduction exornate To embellish, adorn, decorate. ex pede Herculem A maxim of proportionality: one can extrapolate the size of a thing from the size of a part. expergefaction An awakening. expilator One who plunders or pillages. explanandum That which is to be explained (cf. explanans). explanans A collection of propositions that, taken together, explain another proposition (the explanandum). explanate Flat; flattened. explanator One who explains. explete Complete, perfect explicans The underlying meaning of an explicandum. ex post actual expressis verbis Expressly; explicitly. ex professo Professedly; by profession. ex proprio motu Of one's own accord. ex proprio vigore of its own force or volition expulse To expel, usually by means of violence. exquire To search into or out. exscribe To copy down onto paper; to transcribe. exsiccate To dry, to desiccate, to dehydrate. ex situ Outside its original position or place. exspuition The act of spitting. exsuccous Without juice or sap; completely dry. exsufflicate empty and inflated; frivolous Exsultet A long prayer traditionally pronounced or sung at the Easter Vigil, beginning “Rejoice!” or “Exult!” in English. extemporanea That which is extemporaneous; something effortless but transient or superficial. extense extent; expanse extispex Somebody who predicts the future using entrails extispicy Synonym of haruspicy: the study and divination by use of animal entrails, usually the victims of sacrifice. extrabellum Outside of wartime; during peacetime. extra dictionem Not deriving from the linguistic expression used; for a reason other than of ambiguity, division, et cetera. Extravagantes Within the canon law of the Roman Catholic Church, those papal decretals not contained in certain canonical collections which possess a special authority. fabaceous Having the nature of a bean; like a bean. fabular Of, or pertaining to, fables. faciendum Something that must be done. facinorous Extremely wicked. facula A bright spot or patch between sunspots. facundity eloquence; loquaciousness falcate Shaped like a sickle. falsum An arbitrary contradiction, denoted ⊥. fama clamosa Any notorious rumour ascribing immoral conduct to a minister or office-bearer in a church. famigerate To report or carry news from abroad. famulus A close attendant or assistant, especially of a magician or occult scholar. fanum The site of an Ancient Roman temple or shrine. farinaceous Made from, or rich in, starch or flour. fario The brown trout fasces A Roman symbol of judicial authority consisting of a bundle of wooden sticks, with an axe blade embedded in the centre; used also as a symbol of fascism. fasciate To bind. fasciole A band of minute tubercles, bearing modified spines, found on the shells of spatangoid sea urchins. fas est et ab hoste doceri One should be open to lessons from other people, even from one's enemies. fastigium An apex or summit; culmination. fatigate To weary; to tire; to fatigue. fauces The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue. faunus Horned god of the forest, plains and fields. favillous Of or pertaining to ashes. favonian Pertaining to the west wind. favus A severe, chronic infection of ringworm. febricula A mild fever of short duration, of indefinite origin, and without any distinctive pathology. Februarius The shortest month of the Ancient Roman calendar, from which the Julian and Gregorian month of February derived. fecundable Synonym of fertilizable fecundate To make fertile. felicitate To congratulate. Felicius A male given name from Latin. felix culpa A series of miserable events that will eventually lead to a happier outcome. fellator One who performs fellatio. fellatrix A woman who performs fellatio. feminate Feminine; (also) effeminate, womanish. fenestella A niche on the south side of an altar, containing the piscina and sometimes the credence. fenestrate fenestrated Fenni An ancient people of northeastern Europe first described by Cornelius Tacitus in Germania in AD 98. It is unclear whether the Fenni are connected with the present-day Finns. ferity The quality or fact of being wild or in a wild state. fermentate To cause to ferment ferrugo rust (plant disease). ferruminate To solder, fuse together, merge or unite, as if metals. ferula A ferule. festinate To become involuntarily quicker, such as when walking or speaking, due to certain disorders. fetor An unpleasant smell. fetus in fetu A fetus growing inside the body of another fetus, either from an unsuccessful twin pregnancy, or as a tumorlike growth. fiat lux Let there be light, especially in the context of light being a metaphor for wisdom. fibrilla Synonym of fibril (“a fine fibre or filament”). ficulnean Worthless. -fid Split, cleft fidibus A piece of paper used for lighting a pipe, etc. filius philosophorum The philosopher's stone. filum a filamentous anatomical structure fimbriate To fringe; to hem. fingent Given to fashioning or molding. fissiped Having the toes separated from each other. fissula ante fenestram A small, connective tissue-filled cleft in the temporal bone, located just anterior to the oval window in the inner ear, that acts as a permanent, narrow pathway between the middle ear and the vestibule. fistuca A kind of pile driver. flabile Liable to be blown about; pertaining to wind or breath. flagellant a person who whips themselves or others either as part of a religious penance or for sexual gratification. flagitate To importune; to demand fiercely or with passion. flagrate To burn. flamen A priest devoted to the service of a particular god, from whom he received a distinguishing epithet. The most honored were those of Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus, called respectively Flamen Dialis, Flamen Martialis, and Flamen Quirinalis. flammagenitus A dense cumuliform cloud associated with fire or volcanic eruptions. flammule A little flame or flame-like pattern. Flevum ancient Roman fort in Germania, Europe.