Word of the Day
Tete (tayt)
· Common clues: Head of France; Nice head; Haitian's head
· Crossword puzzle frequency: 6 times a year
· Frequency in English language: 73844 / 86800
Definition: French word meaning “head”
Tête-à-tête literally means head to head. The phrase is used to describe an informal private conversation between two people, especially friends.
“And so Pofiry himself had explained it to Razumihin, had explained it Psychologically. He had begun bringing in his damned Psychology again! Porfiry? But to think that Porfiry should for one moment believe that Nikolay was guilty, after what had passed between them before Nikolay’s appearance, after that tête-à-têtes interview, which could have only one explanation? (During those days Raskolnikov had often recalled passages in that scene with Porfiry; he could not bear to let his mind rest on it.) Such words, such gestures had passed between them, they had exchanged such glances, things had been said in such a tone and had reached such a pass, that Nikolay, whom Porfiry had seen through at the first word, at the first gesture, could not have shaken his conviction.”
[Source: Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoevsky]
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