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GNU, n. An...

GNU, n. An...

GNU, n. An animal of South Africa, which in its domesticated state resembles a horse, a buffalo and a stag. In its...

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IGNORAMUS, n. A...

IGNORAMUS, n. A...

IGNORAMUS, n. A person unacquainted with certain kinds of knowledge familiar to yourself, and having certain other...

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IMAGINATION, n. A...

IMAGINATION, n. A...

IMAGINATION, n. A warehouse of facts, with poet and liar in joint ownership.

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IMPALE, v.t. In...

IMPALE, v.t. In...

IMPALE, v.t. In popular usage, to pierce with any weapon which remains fixed in the wound . . . . properly, to put to...

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JEALOUS, adj. Unduly...

JEALOUS, adj. Unduly...

JEALOUS, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth...

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LL.D. Letters indicating...

LL.D. Letters indicating...

LL.D. Letters indicating the degree Legumptionorum Doctor, one learned in laws, gifted with legal gumption. Some...

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MAGNETISM, n. Something...

MAGNETISM, n. Something...

MAGNETISM, n. Something acting upon a magnet.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary,...

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MAYONNAISE, n. One...

MAYONNAISE, n. One...

MAYONNAISE, n. One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.

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MEANDER, n. To...

MEANDER, n. To...

MEANDER, n. To proceed sinuously and aimlessly. The word is the ancient name of a river about one hundred and fifty...

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MILLENNIUM, n. The...

MILLENNIUM, n. The...

MILLENNIUM, n. The period of a thousand years when the lid is to be screwed down, with all reformers on the under...

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OBLIVION, n. Cold...

OBLIVION, n. Cold...

OBLIVION, n. Cold storage for high hopes. A place where ambitious authors meet their works without pride and their...

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Music is harmony,...

Music is harmony,...

Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven.

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Thought is a...

Thought is a...

Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad awake; it can make transparent the mountains and...

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Time and space...

Time and space...

Time and space are fragments of the infinite for the use of the finite creatures.

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Four be the...

Four be the...

Four be the things I'd been better without:
Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt.


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ERUDITION, n. Dust...

ERUDITION, n. Dust...

ERUDITION, n. Dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull.

Source: The Devil's...

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EXCESS, n. In...

EXCESS, n. In...

EXCESS, n. In morals, an indulgence that enforces by appropriate penalties the law of...

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FLOP, v. Suddenly...

FLOP, v. Suddenly...

FLOP, v. Suddenly to change one's opinions and go over to another party. The most notable flop on record was that of...

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FUNERAL, n. A...

FUNERAL, n. A...

FUNERAL, n. A pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker, and strengthen our grief...

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HERMIT, n. A...

HERMIT, n. A...

HERMIT, n. A person whose vices and follies are not sociable.

Source: The Devil's...

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