Part 3

=Leg.= Of late years there has become quite popular a prudish notion that it is indelicate to say _leg_ when one of the limbs that supports the human body is meant, _limb_ being preferred instead. _Leg_ is certainly a less euphonious word than _limb_, and if the latter had the same signification attached to it, there would be no objection to its employment; but _limb_ means _arm_ just as much as it does _leg_. There is nothing immodest in the sound or meaning of the word _leg_; if there were, it would be well to speak of the _limb_ of a table, a _limb_ of mutton, or a three _limbed_ stool; and the mention of such words as _legacy_ or _legate_ should cause the blush to rise to our cheeks. The very use of the word _limb_ indicates what is passing in the mind of the speaker--a thought of _leg_, an indelicate meaning attached to it, and a fear to speak the word. The mind of the listener is affected similarly and the result is that a conversation intended to be perfectly pure, has a slight stain left upon it. If we could pass through life without ever finding it necessary to speak of our legs to strangers, there would be no danger of compromising ourselves; but run-away and other accidents are constantly occurring in which legs are broken or otherwise injured. When a surgeon is called, if he is told that a _limb_ is injured, he has one chance in four of guessing the riddle. It is not always safe to trifle thus with some of the serious, practical old followers of Esculapius. Before now they have given such rebukes as to make people ashamed that they did not say _leg_ in the first place; or they have left the bedside abruptly with such a remark as: "When you find out whether it is your arm or your leg, send for me again." If people will persist in using _limb_ for _leg_, it is to be hoped that they will adopt some adjective prefix to remove all ambiguity. How would north-east, south-east, etc., do? Any one informed that the _south-east limb_ was fractured, would know at once that it was the _right leg_.

=Legate=--lĕg´ate, not lē´gāte.

=Legendary=--lĕj´end-a-ry, not lē´jĕnd-a-ry.

=Leisure=--lē´zhur, not lĕzh´ur, nor lā´zhur. =Leisurely= (lē´zhur-ly).

=Length=, not lĕnth. Every letter is sounded, also, in =lengthy=, =lengthen=, =lengthiness=, etc.

=Lenient=--lē´ni-ent, not lĕn´i-ent. =Leniently= (lē´ni-ent-ly), etc.

=Lethe=--lē´the, not lēth; the _th_ is as in _both_. The mythological and poetical name of a river of the infernal region, the drinking of a portion of which caused forgetfulness of the past.

=Lethean=--lē-thē´an, not lē´the-an.

=Let's.= It should be remembered that _let's_ is really _let us_, the apostrophe denoting the elision of the u. Such expressions then as: "let's us go," "let's him and me go," should he, "let us go" (or let's go), and "let him and me go;" for who wishes to say "let us us go," or "let us him and me go."

=Leverage=--lĕv´er-aje, not lē´ver-aje.

=Licorice=--lĭk´o-rĭs, not lĭk´er-ĭsh.

=Lie.= See =Lay=.

=Lien=--lē´en or lī´en, not _leen_. A charge upon property for the satisfaction of a debt.

=Lighted= is preferable to lĭt as the imperfect tense and past participle of _light_. "He _lighted_ the gas," instead of, "He _lit_ the gas." "I have _lighted_ the fire," instead of, "I have _lit_ the fire." The same remarks apply to the imperfect and participle of _light_ taken as an intransitive verb. "The bird has _lighted_ upon the tree," instead of, "has _lit_ upon the tree." _Lit_ is condemned as common.

=Lithographer=--lĭ-thog´ra-pher, not lĭth´o-grăph-er, nor lī-thŏg´ra-pher. =Lithography= (lĭ-thŏg´ra-phy).

=Loath=--lōth, not lŏth; the _th_ is as in _both_. Reluctant. Written sometimes =loth=. The verb is =loathe=, with the _th_ as in _breathe_.

=Lyceum=--lī-sē´um, not lī´se-um.

M.

=Machiavelian=--măk-i-a-vēl´ian, not măsh-i-a-vĕl´ian. pertaining to Machiavel; politically cunning.

=Mad.= In the sense of provoked, wrathful or indignant, _angry_ is generally considered the more appropriate word. "_Mad as a March hare_," is an indelicate term that should not be used on account of its origin.

=Madame=--mä-däm´, not măd´am.

=Magna Charta=--magna kär´ta, not magna chär´ta.

=Manes=--mā´nēz, not mānz. The souls of the dead.

=Manor=--măn´or, not mā´nor.

=Marigold=--măr´i-gold, not mā´ri-gold.

=Matin=--măt´in, not mā´tin.

=Matins=--măt´inz, not mā´tinz.

=Mattress=--măt´tress, not ma-trăss´. Written also =matress= and pronounced as the first.

=Meaw=--mū, not meyow. To cry like a cat.

=Mediocre=--me´di-ō-ker, not mē-di-ō´ker, nor mē-di-ŏk´er.

=Melange=--mā-lŏngzh´, not me-lănj´.

=Melanotype=--me-lăn´o-type, not me-lān´o-type.

=Melodrama=--mĕl-o-drā´ma, not mĕl-o-drăm´a, nor mĕl-o-drä´ma.

=Memoir=--mĕm´wor or mēm´wor, according to Webster; Worcester gives mē-moir´ or mĕm´wär.

=Mesdames=--mā-däm´, not mĕz-dāmes´.

=Metallurgy=--mĕt´al-lur-jy, not me-tăl´lur-jy.

=Metaphor.= The failure to distinguish between metaphors and similes, is a very common mistake. In a metaphor the resemblance is implied without any words to show the similarity; as soon as the latter are added it becomes a simile. "Hope is an anchor," and "Judah is a lion's whelp" are metaphors. "Hope is _like_ an anchor," and "Judah is _like_ a lion's whelp" are similes.

=Metrical=--mĕt´rik-al, not mē´trik-al.

=Mezzo=--mĕd´zō or mĕt´zō, not mĕz´zō. An Italian word meaning middle; not extreme. =Mezzo-soprano= (mĕd´zo-so-prä´no); between contralto and soprano; said of the voice of a female singer. =Mezzotinto=, etc.

=Microscope=--mī´kro-scope, not mĭk´ro-scope. =Microscopic= (mī-kro-scŏp´ic). =Microscopy= (mī-kros´co-py).

=Mien=--meen, not māne.

=Mineralogy=--min-er-al´o-jy, not min-er-ŏl´o-jy.

=Minuet=--mĭn´ū-et, not mĭn-ū-ĕt´. A dance.

=Mischievous=--mĭs´che-vŭs, not mĭs-chē´vŭs, nor mis-chē´ve-us. =Mischievously= and =mischievousness= are also accented on the first syllable.

=Modulate.= This word is often used incorrectly instead of _moderate_ in such sentences as: "_Modulate_ your voice," when it is meant to command or request that the tone be _moderated_ or lowered. _Modulate_ means to vary or inflect in a musical manner, and although the word might often be used with propriety in such sentences as the above, yet it is not always what is _meant_ by the speaker. A person's voice may be perfectly _modulated_ and yet the tone may be so high that it is desirable, upon certain occasions, to have it _moderated_.

=Moire=--mwôr, not mōre nor mō´re. =Moire antique= (mwor ăn-tēk´).

=Molasses.= It may seem incredible to those who have never heard the error I am about to mention, that such a ridiculous blunder could occur. I should hardly have believed it myself, if I had only heard _of_ it; but I was once in a portion of the country where all the people for miles around spoke of molasses as if it were a plural noun, and I frequently heard such remarks as the following: "_These_ molasses are very good; _they_ are the best I have seen for some time." I once began to remonstrate with one of the champions of the plurality of the treacle, and insisted that he should say, "_this_ molasses" and, "_it_ is good," etc.; but it was of no avail. He insisted that the word was analogous to _ashes_, and if one was plural so was the other. There was no good dictionary or other reliable authority in the neighborhood, as might be imagined from what has been said, so they were left happy in their ignorance.

=Monad=--mŏn´ad, not mō´nad. An ultimate atom.

=Monogram=--mŏn´o-gram, not mō´no-gram.

=Monograph=--mŏn´o-graph, not mō´no-graph.

=Monomania=--mŏn-o-mā´nia, not mō-no-mā´nia. =Monomaniac= (mŏn-o-mā´ni-ac).

=Moor=--mōōr, not mōre. An extensive waste; a heath. _Moor_, the name of a native of North Africa, is similarly pronounced.

=Morale=--mo-räl´, not mŏr´āle nor mō-răl´.

=Mountainous=--mount´ain-ous, not moun-tā´ni-oŭs.

=Multiplication=--mŭl-ti-pli-cā´tion, not mŭl-ti-pi-cā´tion.

=Murrain=--mŭr´rĭn, not mŭr´rāne. A disease among cattle.

=Museum=--mu-zē´um, not mū´ze-um.

=Mushroom=, not _mush-roon_.

=Musk-melon=, not _mush-melon_; but anything before _mush-million_.

=Mussulmans=, not _musselmen_, is the plural of =Mussulman=.

=Mythology=--mĭ-thŏl´o-jy, not mī-thŏl´o-jy.

N.

=Naiad=--nā´yad, not nā´ĭd nor nā´ăd. A water nymph.

=Nainsook=--nān-sōōk´, not năn-sōōk´. A kind of muslin.

=Naive=--nä´ēv, not nāve nor näve. Natural; artless.

=Naivete=--nä´ēv-tā, not nā-vēte´ nor nā-vē´ta.

=Nape=--nāp, not năp. The back part of the neck.

=Nasal=--nā´zal, not nā´sal nor năs´al.

=Nasturtium= or =Nasturtion=, not _asturtion_.

=Negligee=--nĕg-li-zhā´, not nĕg-li-jē´, nor nĕg´li-zhā.

=Newspaper=--nūz´pā-per, not nūs´pā-per.

=Niche=--nĭch, not nĭck, when a concave recess in a wall for an ornament is meant. If a piece is chopped roughly out of anything, it is a _nick_. _Nick_ of time, not _niche_ of time, when a critical moment is meant; but in figurative language there is no doubt that the phrase "niche of time," may be appropriately used. A great event may be said to stand in a _niche of time_ as an example for coming ages.

=Nomad=--nŏm´ad, not nō´-mad. One of a wandering tribe. Written =nomade= (nŏm´ade) also.

=Nomenclature=--no-men-clā´ture, not nō´men-clātūre.

=Nominative=, not _nom-a-tive_.

=Nonillion=--nō-nĭll´ion, not nŏn-ĭll´ion.

=Nook=--nōōk, as given by Webster. Worcester sanctions both nōōk and nŏŏk.

=Notable=--nŏt´a-ble, not nō´ta-ble, when it is applied to a person distinguished for thrift, management, care, etc.; as a _notable housekeeper_.

=Nymphean=--nĭm-fē´an, not nĭmf´e-an. Relating to nymphs.

O.

=Obesity=--o-bĕs´i-ty, not o-bē´si-ty.

=Obligatory=--ŏb´li-ga-to-ry, not ŏb-lĭg´a-to-ry.

=Often=--ŏf´n, not ŏf´tĕn.

=Omega=--o-mē´ga or o-mĕg´a, not ŏm´e-ga. Worcester allows the first only.

=Onerous=--ŏn´er-ous, not ō´ner-oŭs.

=Only=--ōn´ly, not ŭn´ly.

=Onyx=--ō´nyx, not ŏn´yx.

=Opal=--ō´-pal, not ō-păl´ nor ō-pawl´.

=Opponent=--op-pō´nent, not ŏp´po-nent.

=Ordnance=, not _ordinance_, when cannon, artillery, etc., are intended. _Ordinance_ is a rule established by authority.

=Orgeat=--ôr´zhat or ôr´zhā, not ôr´je-at. Worcester gives ôr´zhat.

=Orthoepy=--ôr´tho-e-py, not ôr-thō´e-py.

=Orthoepist=--ôr´tho-e-pist, not ôr-thō´e-pist.

=Overflowed=, not _overflown_.

P.

=Palaver=--pa-lä´ver, not pa-lăv´er.

=Pall-mall=--pĕl-mĕl´, not pawl-mawl´. The name of a game formerly played in England; and the name of a street in London. Written also _pail-mail_ and _pell-mell_, both pronounced as above. Pell-mell used as an adverb means mixed together in a disorderly manner; but one person can not rush _pell-mell_.

=Papaw=--pa-paw´, not pŏp´paw as commonly called. Written also =pawpaw=.

=Papyrus=--pa-pī´rus, not păp´i-rŭs. A material used for writing upon by the ancients, made from the inner bark of a plant.

=Parent=--pâr´ent, not pā´rent.

=Parisian=--pa-rĭz´ian, not pa-rĭsh´ian nor pa-rĭss´ian. Worcester gives pa-rĭzh´i-an.

=Paroquet=--păr´o-quet, not păr-o-kĕt´.

=Parquet=--pär-kā´ or pär-kĕt´. Worcester allows pär-kā´ only.

=Parquette=--pär-ket´, not pär-kā´.

=Partner=, not _pardner_.

=Partridge=, not _pattrij_.

=Patent.= The _adjective_ is pronounced either păt´ent or pā´tent. When used as a verb or a noun it is pronounced păt´ent.

=Patois=--păt-wŏ´, not păt´wŏ nor păt-waw´.

=Patriot=--pā´tri-ot, not păt´ri-ot. =Patriotic=, =patriotism=, etc., have also the long a. Worcester gives the same with the exception of _patriotic_, which he pronounces both pā´tri-ot-ic and păt´ri-ot-ic.

=Patron=--pā´tron, not păt´ron. =Patroness= and =patronless= have also the long a.

=Patronize=--păt´ron-īze, not pā´tron-īze.

=Patronage=--păt´ron-aje, not pā´tron-aje.

=Pease=, not _peas_, when an uncounted quantity is referred to, as: a bushel of _pease_, a plateful of _pease_, some more _pease_, etc. _Peas_ when a certain number is mentioned, as: a dozen _peas_, fifty _peas_, etc.

=Pedal=--pĕd´al, not pē´dal, when that portion of a piano or harp that is acted upon by the feet, is meant. Pē´dal is an adjective, and means pertaining to the above, or to a foot.

=Perfect.= I have selected this as the representative of a class of adjectives that, strictly speaking, do not admit of comparison. I have noticed, invariably, that those who appear to be so anxious to correct the error of giving degrees of comparison to a few stereotyped words of this class, such as _round_, _square_, _universal_, _chief_, _extreme_, etc., are singularly remiss in calling attention to a great many other mistakes of the same kind that are equally prominent. Amongst the latter may be mentioned the comparison of _correct_, _complete_, _even_, _level_, _straight_, etc. It will be admitted that if anything is _perfect_ it can not be _more_ so; and as soon as it is _less_ so it fails to be _perfect_ at all. So, if anything is _correct_ it is perfectly free from error; it can not be made _more_ correct, and if its correctness is detracted from, it is not quite correct any longer. A _straight_ line is one that does not vary from a perfectly _direct_ course in the slightest degree; it can not be _straighter_ and if it could be _less_ straight, it would be _curved_. It is ridiculous for any one to insist upon a national reformation of a few such errors, and suffer a hundred others just like them to exist without remonstrance. Either _nearer_ and _nearest_, _more nearly_, and _most nearly_, and the like, should be substituted for the degrees of comparison and used with all such words; or people should treat them as all other adjectives, just as the best writers and speakers have always done. The former course is the more desirable; the latter is certainly the more probable.

=Perfidious=--per-fĭd´i-ous, not pĕr´fĭd-oŭs. Worcester allows per-fĭd´yŭs in addition to the first.

=Peony=--pē´o-ny) =Pæony= (pē´o-ny) or =Piony= (pī´o-ny) not pī´ny as often called. A flower.

=Perambulate=, not _preambulate_.

=Period=--pē´ri-od, not pĕr´i-od. =Periodic=, =Periodical=, etc., have also the long e.

=Perspire=, not _prespire_.

=Perspiration=, not _prespiration_.

=Persuade.= This word carries with it the idea of success in one's endeavors to convince or induce. "I _persuaded_ him for a long time, but he would not grant my request," should be, "I _tried_ to _persuade_ him," etc.

=Petrel=--pĕt´rel, not pē´trel. A bird. Worcester allows the latter also.

=Phaeton=--phā´et-on, not phā'te-on. A vehicle.

=Pharmaceutist=--fär-ma-sū´tĭst, not fär-mā-kū´tist nor fär-mā´kū-tist.

=Pharmacopœia=--fär-ma-co-pē´ya, not fär-mā-cō´pi-a.

=Piano=--pi-ä´no, not pī-ăn´o. Worcester allows pĭ-ăn´o.

=Piano-forte=--pĭ-ä´no-fōr´tā, not pī-ăn´o-fōrt. Worcester sanctions pĭ-ä´no-fōr´te, pĭ-ăn´o-fôr-te, and remarks in parenthesis, _often_ pe-ăn´o-fōrt; but the last pronunciation is evidently not preferred.

=Pilaster=--pĭ-lăs´ter, not pĭl´as-ter. A square pillar set into a wall and projecting slightly.

=Piquant=--pĭk´ant, not pĭk´wănt nor pēk´wănt. =Piquantly= (pĭk´ant-ly), etc.

=Placard=--pla-kärd´, not plăk´ard.

=Placid=--plăs´id, not plā´sid. =Placidly= and =placidness= have also the short a.

=Plait=--plāt, not plăt nor plēt. A braid; or to braid. =Plat= (plăt) is a proper word, however, having the same meanings, but the difference in pronunciation must be observed, when the spelling is as above. =Plait=, meaning a fold of cloth, as in a shirt bosom, is also pronounced plāt. How common an error it is to speak of the _pleets_ when alluding to such folds.

=Platina=--plăt´i-na or pla-tē´na, not pla-tī´na nor pla-tĭn´a. Worcester allows plăt´i-na only.

=Platinum=--plăt´i-num or pla-tī´num, not pla-tē´num nor pla-tĭn´um. Worcester gives plăt´i-num only.

=Plebeian=--ple-bē´ian, not plē´bi-an. Ple-bŏn´, as some pronounce it, is outrageous, neither French, English, nor Hottentot.

=Plenary=--plē´na-ry, not plĕn´a-ry. Full; entire. Worcester gives both methods.

=Poetaster=--pō´et-ăs-ter, not pō´et-tāst-er. A petty poet.

=Poniard=--pŏn´yard, not poin´yard.

=Posthumous=--pŏst´hu-mous, not pōst´hu-moŭs nor pŏst-ū´moŭs. =Posthumously= (pŏst´hu-mous-ly).

=Potable=--pō´ta-ble, not pŏt´a-ble. Drinkable.

=Potheen=--po-theen´, not pŏt-teen´. When spelled =potteen=, however, as it may be correctly, the latter pronunciation is proper.

=Prairie=--prā´ry, not per-rā´ry.

=Prebendary=--prĕb´end-a-ry, not prē´bend-a-ry. A clergyman of a collegiate or cathedral church, who enjoys a prebend.

=Prebend=--prĕb´end, not prē´bend. A stipend.

=Precedence=--pre-sē´dence, not prĕs´e-dence. =Precedency= and =precedently=, have the second syllable accented also.

=Precedent=--pre-sē´dent, not prĕs´e-dent. An adjective meaning antecedent.

=Precedent=--prĕs´e-dent, not pre-sē´dent nor prē´se-dent. A noun meaning an example or preceding circumstance. =Precedented= and =unprecedented= have also the short e.

=Precocious=--pre-kō´shus, not pre-kŏsh´ŭs. =Precociously= and =precociousness= have also the long o.

=Predatory=--prĕd´a-to-ry, not prē´da-tory. Plundering; pillaging.

=Predecessor=--prĕd-e-cĕs´sor, not prē-de-cĕs´sor.

=Preface=--prĕf´ace, not prē´face. =Prefatory= (prĕf´a-to-ry).

=Prejudice=, not _predudice_.

=Prelate=--prĕl´ate, not prē´-late.

=Presage=, not _prestige_, when something is meant that foreshows a future event; an omen. "This is a _presage_ of victory."

=Prescription=, not _perscription_.

=Prestige=, not _presage_, when it is meant that some one carries weight or influence from past deeds or successes. "The _prestige_ of the hero's name was half the battle."

=Presentiment=--pre-sent´i-ment, not pre-zent´i-ment.

=Pretty=--prĭt´ty, not prĕ´ty. =Prettily= (prĭt´ti-ly), etc.

=Preventive=, not _preventative_.

=Primeval=--prī-mē´val, not prĭm´e-val.

=Process=--prŏs´ess, not prō´sess.

=Prodigy=, not _projidy_.

=Produce=--prŏd´uce, not prō´dūce. The noun; the verb is pro-dūce´.

=Product=--prŏd´uct, not prō´duct.

=Progress=--prŏg´ress, not pro´gress. Noun; the verb is pro-gress´.

=Prosody=--prŏs´o-dy, not prō´so-dy nor prŏz´o-dy.

=Protean=--prō´te-an, not pro-tē´an. Assuming different shapes.

=Protege= (Fr. protégé)--prō-tā-zhā´, not prō´tēje. One under the care of another. =Protegee= (Fr. protégée)--prō-tā-zhā´, feminine.

=Psalm=--säm, not săm. =Psalmist= (säm´ist). Worcester gives săm´ist also for the latter word.

=Psalmody=--săl´mo-dy, not säm´o-dy nor săm-o-dy.

=Psychical=--sī´kĭk-al, not sĭk´ĭk-al nor fĭz´ĭk-al, as it is sometimes thoughtlessly pronounced in reading. Pertaining to the human soul.

=Pumpkin=, not _punkin_. _Pumpkin_ itself is a corruption of _pumpion_ or _pompion_, but is the word that is now generally used.

=Purulent=--pū´ru-lent, not pŭr´u-lent. Containing pus or matter. =Purulence= and =purulency= have also the long u in the first syllable.

=Put=--pŏŏt, not pŭt. This anomalous pronunciation is hard for some to adopt, the natural tendency being to sound the _u_ as it is in a host of other words consisting of two consonants with a short u between them, as: bun, but, cut, dug, fun, gun, hut, nut, etc.

=Pyrites=--pī-rī´tez, not pe-rī´tez, pĭr´i-tez nor pī´rītez.

Q.

=Qualm=--kwäm, not kwăm. Worcester allows kwawm also.

=Quay=--kē, not kwā.

=Querulous=, means complaining, whining, etc., and not _questioning_.

=Quinine=--kwī´nīne or kwĭ-nīne´, not kwi-neen´. Worcester gives kwĭ-nīne´ or kwĭn´īne.

=Quoit=--kwoit, not kwāte.

=Quoth=--kwōth or kwŭth, not kwŏth.

R.

=Rabies=--rā´bi-ēz, not răb´ēz. Madness, as that of dogs.

=Radish=--răd´ish, not rĕd-ish.

=Raillery=--răl´ler-y, not rāl´ler-y. Slight ridicule; pleasantry.

=Raise=--=Rise.= _Raise_ is a transitive verb, or one in which the action passes over to an object. Present tense, _raise_; imperfect tense and past participle, _raised_; present participle, _raising_. _Rise_ is an intransitive verb, the action not passing over to an object. Present tense, _rise_; imperfect tense, _rose_; past participle, _risen_; present participle, _rising_. Errors in the use of these words ought to be avoided by remembering the following rules:

1. If the person or thing spoken of exerts an action that passes over to an object, use _raise_, _raised_, and _raising_.

2. If the person or thing spoken of exerts an action that does not pass over to an object, use _rise_, _rose_, _risen_, _rising_. To avoid further repetition in the method I have adopted to impress upon the mind the difference between transitive and intransitive verbs by contrasted sentences, I would refer the reader to the remarks under =Lay=. "I will _raise_ in the morning at five," should be, "I will _rise_," etc. "I will _raise_ the _window_," etc., is correct, for the action passes to or affects the window. "I will _raise myself_ if I have the strength" is correct, because an object, _myself_, is furnished. "The price of flour is _raising_," should be, "The price of flour is _rising_;" but it is right to say, "The merchants are _raising_ the price of flour." "Gold has _raised_ in value," should be, "Gold has _risen_ in value." "The price of bonds _raised_ in less than an hour," should be, "The price of bonds _rose_," etc. "The sun is _raising_," should be, "The sun is _rising_." "The sun is _raising_ the temperature," is proper. The pulse has _risen_, but excitement has _raised_ it. The river has _risen_ in its bed and has _raised_ the canal. Birds _rise_ in the air. _Arise_ can often be appropriately substituted for _rise_.

=Rampant=--răm´pant, not ram-pant´.

=Rapine=--răp´ĭn, not răp´een nor rā-peen´.

=Raspberry=--răz´ber-ry, not răss´ber-ry nor rawz´ber-ry. Worcester gives raz´ber-ry and räs´ber-ry.

=Rational=--răsh´un-al, not rā-shun-al. =Rationalist= (răsh´un-al-ĭst), etc.

=Recess=--re-cĕss´, not rē´cĕss.

=Recherche= (Fr. recherché)--rŭh-shêr-shā´, not re-shersh´. Worcester gives rā-sher-shā´.

=Recluse=--re-kluse´, not re-kluze´.

=Reconnoissance=--re-cŏn´noĭs-sänçe, not rek-on-nois´sançe. Worcester gives re-cŏn´noĭs-sänçe´. =Reconnaissance= is another method of spelling.

=Recriminations=, not _mutual recriminations_; the word itself tells of the _mutuality_.