déjeuner à la fourchette (dā zhö nā ȧ lȧ fōōr shet´), a cold breakfast.

de mal en pis (de mȧ läN ´), from bad to worse.

demeure (de mör´), dwelling; residence

demi-jour (de mē zhōōr´), faint light.

demi-tasse (dā-mē-täs´).—A small cup for black coffee.

dénouement (dā nōō mäN´), an unraveling or winding up.

dépêche (dā pesh´), a dispatch; a message.

dernier cri (der nēā krē´), (the latest cry), the latest fashionable fad.

dernier ressort (der nēā re sôr´), the last resource.

désagrément (dā zȧ grād mäN´), something disagreeable or unpleasant.