_Bonhomie._—Good-natured simplicity. _Bonis nocet quisquis pepercerit malis._—He hurts the good who spares the bad. _Bonne bouche._—A delicious morsel. _Bonus._—An extra payment for a service rendered or a thing received. _Boreas._—The north wind. _Boudoir._—A small private apartment. _Bourgeois._—A citizen of the trading class; a printing type. _Bourgeoisie._—The body of citizens. _Bravura._—A song of difficult execution. _Breveté._—Patented. _Brutum fulmen._—A harmless thunderbolt; unreasoning bluster. _Burletta._—A musical farce. _Cachet._—A seal. _Cacoethes._—A bad habit or custom. _Cacoethes carpendi._—A rage for finding fault. _Cacoethes loquendi._—An itch for speaking. _Cacoethes scribendi._—A passion for writing. _Cadenza._—The fall or modulation of the voice, in music. _Cæca est invidia._—Envy is blind. _Cætera desunt._—The remainder is wanting. _Cæteris paribus._—Other things being equal. _Calibre._—Capacity or compass; mental power; a term in gunnery. _Camera obscura._—A dark chamber used by artists. _Campus Martius._—The field of Mars; a place of military exercise. _Canaille._—The rabble. _Candida Pax._—White-robed Peace. _Cantata._—A poem set to music. _Cantate Domino._—Sing to the Lord. _Cap-à-pie._—From head to foot. _Capias ad satisfaciendum._—You may take to satisfy. _Capriccio._—A fanciful irregular kind of musical composition. _Capriole._—A leap without advancing; capers. _Caput mortuum._—Dead head; the worthless remains. _Caret._—Is wanting or omitted. _Caret initio et fine._—It wants beginning and end. _Carpe diem._—Enjoy the present day. _Carte blanche._—Unconditional terms. _Casus belli._—An occasion for war. _Casus fæderis._—A case of conspiracy; the end of the league. _Catalogue raisonné._—A catalogue of books arranged according to their subjects. _Cause célèbre._—A remarkable trial in a court of justice. _Caveat actor._—Let the doer beware. _Caveat emptor._—Let the purchaser take heed or beware. _Cavendo tutus._—Safe through caution. _Ce n’est que le premier pas qui coûte._—It is only the first step which is difficult. _Cedant arma togæ._—Let military power yield to the civil. _Cede Deo._—Submit to Providence. _Certiorari._—To be made more certain. _Cessio bonorum._—Yielding up of goods. _C’est une autre chose._—That is quite a different thing. _Chacun à son goût._—Every one to his taste. _Chanson._—A song. _Chansonnette._—A little song. _Chapeau._—A hat. _Chapelle ardente._—The place where a dead person lies in state. _Chaperon._—An attendant on a lady, as a guide and protector. _Chargé d’affaires._—An ambassador of second rank. _Château._—A castle; a country mansion. _Chef-d’œuvre._—A masterpiece.