déniaiser, v.a., to sharpen the wits of; to cheat, to take in, to dupe, to open the eyes of.
se déniaiser, v.r., to learn wit, to become sharp, to grow cunning.
déniché, -e, part., gone, flown. Les oiseaux sont —s; the birds have flown.
dénicher, v.a., to take out of its nest; to turn out; to hunt out; to find out. — une statue; to take a statue out of its niche.
dénicher, v.n., to forsake its nest (of a bird); to hasten away; to make off, to run away. Allons, il faut —; come, be off with you.
dénicheur, n.m., birds’-nester. Un — de merles; sharper. Un — de fauvettes; fortune-hunter; lady-killer.
denier, n.m., (antiq.) denarius; denier; money; farthing; mite; cash, funds; rate of interest; (pharm.) scruple; old French copper coin worth ⅟₁₃th of a farthing; (coin.) weight of a little above 1¼ grammes. — à Dieu; earnest money. A beaux —s comptants; in cash, in ready money. Les —s publics; the public money. ☉Au — vingt-cinq; four per cent. Le — de Saint Pierre; Peter’s pence. Le — de la veuve; the widow’s mite. Cet homme n’a pas un — vaillant; that man is not worth a farthing. Rendre compte à livres sous et —s; to account to the uttermost farthing.
dénier, v.a., to deny, to refuse. Se —; to be denied; to deny one’s self.
dénigrant, adj., disparaging.
dénigrement, n.m., vilifying, disparagement.