threnodic (en)

(relating to) a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, especially for the dead; dirge; funeral song.

thymotic (en)

related to the thymos: that area of the soul where feelings of pride, indignation, shame etc are located (in Platonic philosophy)

titivate (en)

(verb) to make smart or spruce / (verb) smarten spruce

Tobin tax (en)

a proposed tax on international financial transactions, especially speculative currency exchange transactions; suggested by Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences Laureate economist James Tobin

tocsin (en)

an alarm bell or signal (from Old French)

Tomás de Torquemada (en)

a Castilian Dominican friar, and the first Grand Inquisitor in Spain's movement to homogenize religious practices with those of the Catholic Church in the late 15th century, otherwise known as "The Spanish Inquisition

topoi (grk)

(noun, from Greek) plural of topos; used in the context of classical Greek rhetoric to mean "topic"

toponymic (en)

(adj) relating to the study of place names (toponyms)

torpid (en)

mentally or physically inactive; lethargic

torpor (en)

(noun) a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility / (noun) a state of lowered physiological activity typically characterized by reduced metabolism, heart rate, respiration, and body temperature that occurs in varying degrees especially in hibernating and estivating animals / (noun) apathy dullness

torrid (en)

(adjective) parched with heat especially of the sun; hot / (adjective) giving off intense heat; scorching / (adjective) ardent passionate / (noun) the region of the earth between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn

tour de force (fr)

a performance or achievement that has been accomplished or managed with great skill

tout court (fr)

(adverb) with no addition or qualification; simply

tovarish (en)

(in the former Soviet Union) a comrade (often used as a form of address)

traduce (en)

(verb) to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation / (verb) violate betray

tralatitious (en)

1. : having a character, force, or significance transferred or derived from something extraneous : metaphorical, figurative. the primary and tralatitious meanings of a word. 2. : passed along as from hand to hand, mouth to mouth, or from generation to generation : handed down : traditional.

trammeled (en)

(verb) to catch or hold in or as if in a net; enmesh / (verb) to prevent or impede the free play of; confine

transdiscursive (en)

transcending or of overarching concern to multiple discourses; defined by Foucault in What is an Author?

transom (en)

(noun) a strengthening crossbar, in particular one set above a window or door

travertine (en)

(noun) a mineral consisting of a massive usually layered calcium carbonate (as aragonite or calcite) formed by deposition from spring waters or especially from hot springs

Treaty of Rome (en)

the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (became the EU in 1993); signed on 25 March 1957 by Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and West Germany and came into force on 1 January 1958

treillage (en)

(noun) latticework for vines; trellis

trellis (en)

(noun) a frame of latticework used as a screen or as a support for climbing plants / (noun) a construction (as a summerhouse) chiefly of latticework / (noun) an arrangement that forms or gives the effect of a lattice / (verb) to provide with a trellis / (verb) to train (as a vine) on a trellis / (verb) to cross or interlace on or through; interweave

trenchant (en)

(adjective) keen, sharp / (adjective) vigorously effective and articulate / (adjective) caustic / (adjective) sharply perceptive; penetrating / (adjective) clear-cut, distinct

trente glorieuses (fr)

(The Glorious Thirty) the thirty years from 1945 to 1975 in France, during which the economy grew rapidly