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Ambrose Bierce
ERUDITION, n. Dust...
ERUDITION, n. Dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull.
Source: The Devil's...
FAITH, n. Belief...
FAITH, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks, without knowledge, of things without...
FIB, n. A...
FIB, n. A lie that has not cut its teeth. An habitual liar's nearest approach to truth: the perigee of his eccentric...
EXCESS, n. In...
EXCESS, n. In morals, an indulgence that enforces by appropriate penalties the law of...
ELOQUENCE, n. The...
ELOQUENCE, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift...
EXILE, n. One...
EXILE, n. One who serves his country by residing abroad, yet is not an ambassador.
FICKLENESS, n. The...
FICKLENESS, n. The iterated satiety of an enterprising affection.
Source: The...
FLAG, n. A...
FLAG, n. A colored rag borne above troops and hoisted on forts and ships. It appears to serve the same purpose as...
EXECUTIVE, n. An...
EXECUTIVE, n. An officer of the Government, whose duty it is to enforce the wishes of the legislative power until such...
ENVY, n. Emulation...
ENVY, n. Emulation adapted to the meanest capacity.
Source: The Devil's Dictionary,...
FIDDLE, n. An...
FIDDLE, n. An instrument to tickle human ears by friction of a horse's tail on the entrails of a...
FIDELITY, n. A...
FIDELITY, n. A virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
Source: The...
FOLLY, n. That...
FOLLY, n. That gift and faculty divine whose creative and controlling energy inspires Man's mind, guides his actions...
EXPERIENCE, n. The...
EXPERIENCE, n. The wisdom that enables us to recognize as an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have...
EPITAPH, n. An...
EPITAPH, n. An inscription on a tomb, showing that virtues acquired by death have a retroactive...
FORCE, n. Force...
FORCE, n. Force is but might, the teacher said p
That definition's just.
The boy said naught but throught...
FORGETFULNESS, n. A...
FORGETFULNESS, n. A gift of God bestowed upon doctors in compensation for their destitution of...
FOREFINGER, n. The...
FOREFINGER, n. The finger commonly used in pointing out two malefactors.
Source:...
FELON, n. A...
FELON, n. A person of greater enterprise than discretion, who in embracing an opportunity has formed an unfortunate...
EULOGY, n. Praise...
EULOGY, n. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be...