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Ambrose Bierce
MALE, n. A...
MALE, n. A member of the unconsidered, or negligible sex. The male of the human race is commonly known (to the female)...
MAD, adj. Affected...
MAD, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence; at odds with the majority; in short, unusual. It...
MISERICORDE, n. A...
MISERICORDE, n. A dagger which in mediaeval warfare was used by the foot soldier to remind an unhorsed knight that he...
LITIGATION, n. A...
LITIGATION, n. A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.
MAUSOLEUM, n. The...
MAUSOLEUM, n. The final and funniest folly of the rich.
Source: The Devil's...
MAMMALIA, n.pl. A...
MAMMALIA, n.pl. A family of vertebrate animals whose females in a state of nature suckle their young, but when...
MAMMON, n. The...
MAMMON, n. The god of the world's leading religion. The chief temple is in the holy city of New...
MOLECULE, n. The...
MOLECULE, n. The ultimate, indivisible unit of matter. It is distinguished from the corpuscle, also the ultimate,...
LOSS, n. Privation...
LOSS, n. Privation of that which we had, or had not. Thus, in the latter sense, it is said of a defeated candidate...
MEDAL, n. A...
MEDAL, n. A small metal disk given as a reward for virtues, attainments or services more or less...
MAN, n. An...
MAN, n. An animal so lost in rapturous contemplation of what he thinks he is as to overlook what he indubitably ought...
MAYONNAISE, n. One...
MAYONNAISE, n. One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
MONARCHICAL GOVERNMENT, n....
MONARCHICAL GOVERNMENT, n. Government.
Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.
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MAGNITUDE, n. Size...
MAGNITUDE, n. Size [that is] purely relative. If everything in the universe were increased 1,000 diameters nothing...
MEEKNESS, n. Uncommon...
MEEKNESS, n. Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.
Source:...
ME, pro. The...
ME, pro. The objectionable case of I. The personal pronoun in English has three cases, the dominative, the...
MERCY, n. An...
MERCY, n. An attribute beloved of detected offenders.
Source: The Devil's...
MOUSQUETAIRE, n. A...
MOUSQUETAIRE, n. A long glove covering a part of the arm. Worn in New Jersey. But mousquetaire is a might poor way to...
MALEFACTOR, n. The...
MALEFACTOR, n. The chief factor in the progress of the human race.
Source: The...
MERCHANT, n. One...
MERCHANT, n. One engaged in a commercial pursuit. A commercial pursuit is one in which the thing pursued is a...