maestro The word means master in Italian and refers basically to a master of music.
monomaniac Someone who is overwhelmingly possessed by one single idea, such as Ahab's obsession about the white whale in Moby Dick. Raskolnikov's obsession with the murder and blood rouses suspicions in Porfiry during the investigations.
moujiks Most translators use the word "peasants." See Constance Garnett's translation.
"Nihil est" "Nothing is." The name nihilism comes from this; this is an allusion to the negativism of that movement. [Latin]
"No Toulon, no Egypt, no crossing of Mont Blanc" These are some of Napoleon's great feats that characterize him as one of the extraordinary men of the world.
"Ou va-t-elle la vertu nicher" "Where does one go to conceal herself in virtue." [French]
