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Ambrose Bierce
LEARNING, n. The...
LEARNING, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.
Source: The Devil's...
INTERPRETER, n. One...
INTERPRETER, n. One who enables two persons of different languages to understand each other by repeating to each what...
LEVIATHAN, n. An...
LEVIATHAN, n. An enormous aquatic animal mentioned by Job. Some suppose it to have been the whale, but [others]...
K, n....
K, n. A consonant; originally precisely that of our H, but altered to its present shape to commemorate the...
LAUREL, n. The...
LAUREL, n. The laurus, a vegetable dedicated to Apollo, and formerly defoliated to wreathe the brows of victors and...
LECTURER, n. One...
LECTURER, n. One with his hand in your pocket, his tongue in your ear and his faith in your...
IRRELIGION, n. The...
IRRELIGION, n. The principal one of the great faiths of the world.
Source: The...
LEXICOGRAPHER, n. A...
LEXICOGRAPHER, n. A pestilent fellow who, under the pretense of recording some particular stage in the development of...
KINDNESS, n. A...
KINDNESS, n. A brief preface to ten volumes of exaction.
Source: The Devil's...
LEGACY, n. A...
LEGACY, n. A gift from one who is legging it out of this vale of tears.
Source: The...
LIGHTHOUSE, n. A...
LIGHTHOUSE, n. A tall building on the seashore in which the government maintains a lamp and the friend of a...
ITCH, n. The...
ITCH, n. The patriotism of a Scotchman.
Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.
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LIFE, n. A...
LIFE, n. A spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay. We live in daily apprehension of its loss; yet when lost...
LANGUAGE, n. The...
LANGUAGE, n. The music with which we charm the serpents guarding another's treasure.
LIVER, n. A...
LIVER, n. A large red organ thoughtfully provided by nature to be bilious with. The liver is heaven's best gift to the...
LIMB, n. The...
LIMB, n. The branch of a tree or the leg of an American woman.
Source: The Devil's...
JOSS-STICKS, n. Small...
JOSS-STICKS, n. Small sticks burned by the Chinese in their pagan tomfoolery, in imitation of certain sacred rites of...
LUMINARY, n. One...
LUMINARY, n. One who throws light upon a subject; as an editor by not writing about it.
LAUGHTER, n. An...
LAUGHTER, n. An interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate noises. It...
LOGANIMITY, n. The...
LOGANIMITY, n. The disposition to endure injury with meek forbearance while maturing a plan of...