Heath's French and English dictionary

by Jean Louis de Lolme

enherber, v.a., to turn into pasture land.

énieller, v.a., to clear of corn-cockles.

énigmatique, adj., enigmatical.

énigmatiquement (-tik-mān), adv., enigmatically.

énigme, n.f., enigma, riddle. Deviner une —; to guess a riddle. Vous parlez par —s; you speak in riddles. Proposer une —; to put a riddle. Mot d’une —; answer to a riddle.

enivrant, -e, adj., intoxicating.

enivré, -e, part., intoxicated.

enivrement, n.m., intoxication.

enivrer, v.a., to inebriate, to intoxicate; to elate. La bière enivre comme le vin; beer intoxicates as well as wine. La prospérité nous enivre; prosperity elates us.

s’enivrer, v.r., to get intoxicated; to be elated (with). Il s’est enivré à ce repas; he got intoxicated at that diner. S’— d’espérance; to be elated with hope. S’— de son vin; to drink alone and to excess; to have too good an opinion of one’s self.