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Ambrose Bierce
POSITIVISM, n. A...
POSITIVISM, n. A philosophy that denies our knowledge of the Real and affirms our ignorance of the Apparent. Its...
RASCALITY, n. Stupidity...
RASCALITY, n. Stupidity militant. The activity of a clouded intellect.
Source: The...
PLATITUDE, n. The...
PLATITUDE, n. The fundamental element and special glory of popular literature. A thought that snores in words that...
PRESIDE, v. To...
PRESIDE, v. To guide the action of a deliberative body to a desirable result. In Journalese, to perform upon a musical...
PROJECTILE, n. The...
PROJECTILE, n. The final arbiter in international disputes. With the growth of prudence in military affairs the...
PRE-ADAMITE, n. One...
PRE-ADAMITE, n. One of an experimental and apparently unsatisfactory race of antedated Creation . . . . Little its...
RATIONAL, adj. Devoid...
RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and...
POETRY, n. A...
POETRY, n. A form of expression peculiar to the Land beyond the Magazines.
Source:...
PRICE, n. Value,...
PRICE, n. Value, plus a reasonable sum for the wear and tear of conscience in demanding...
PUBLISH, n. In...
PUBLISH, n. In literary affairs, to become the fundamental element in a cone of critics.
PRE-EXISTENCE, n. An...
PRE-EXISTENCE, n. An unnoted factor in creation.
Source: The Devil's Dictionary,...
REALITY, n. The...
REALITY, n. The dream of a mad philosopher. That which would remain in the cupel if one should assay a phantom. The...
POKER, n. A...
POKER, n. A game said to be played with cards for some purpose to this lexicographer...
PRISON, n. A...
PRISON, n. A place of punishments and rewards. The poet assures us that Stone walls do not a prison make, but a...
PUSH, n. One...
PUSH, n. One of the two things mainly conducive to success, especially in politics. The other is...
PREHISTORIC, adj. Belonging...
PREHISTORIC, adj. Belonging to an early period and a museum. Antedating the art and practice of perpetuating...
REASON, n. Propensitate...
REASON, n. Propensitate of prejudice.
Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.
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PORTUGUESE, n.pl. A...
PORTUGUESE, n.pl. A species of geese indigenous to Portugal. They are mostly without feathers and imperfectly edible,...
PROOF, n. Evidence...
PROOF, n. Evidence having a shade more of plausibility than of unlikelihood. The testimony of two credible witnesses...
QUORUM, n. A...
QUORUM, n. A sufficient number of members of a deliberative body to have their own way and their own way of having it....