facit indignatio versum (L.), indignation inspires verse.
façon de parler (Fr.), way of speaking, a mere form of words.
facta non verba (L.), deeds, not words.
factum est (L.), it is done.
fadaise (Fr.), silliness, nonsense.
fade (Fr.), insipid, colourless;—fadeur, dullness.
fæx populi (L.), dregs of the people.
faire bonne mine (Fr.), to put a good face upon the matter.
faire de la prose sans le savoir (Fr.), to produce prose without knowing it—which Molière's M. Jourdain was surprised to find he had been doing all his days in conversation.
faire l'homme d'importance (Fr.), to assume the air of importance.