 |
|
 |
 |
 |
Ambrose Bierce
PREROGATIVE, n. A...
PREROGATIVE, n. A sovereign's right to do wrong.
Source: The Devil's Dictionary,...
REASON, v.i. To...
REASON, v.i. To weight probabilities in the scales of desire.
Source: The Devil's...
POTABLE, n. Suitable...
POTABLE, n. Suitable for drinking. Water is said to be potable; indeed, some declare it our natural beverage, although...
PROOF-READER, n. A...
PROOF-READER, n. A malefactor who atones for making your writing nonsense by permitting the compositor to make it...
RABBLE, n. In...
RABBLE, n. In a republic, those who exercise a supreme authority tempered by fraudulent elections. The rabble is like...
PROBOSCIS, n. The...
PROBOSCIS, n. The rudimentary organ of an elephant which serves him in place of the knife-and-fork that Evolution has...
REASONABLE, adj. Accessible...
REASONABLE, adj. Accessible to the infection of our own opinions. Hospitable to persuasion, dissuasion and...
PRECIPITATE, adj. Anteprandial....
PRECIPITATE, adj. Anteprandial.
Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.
-- Ambrose...
PROPERTY, n. Any...
PROPERTY, n. Any material thing, having no particular value, that may be held by A against the cupidity of B. Whatever...
RACK, n. An...
RACK, n. An argumentative implement formerly much used in persuading devotees of a false faith to embrace the living...
QUEEN, n. A...
QUEEN, n. A woman by whom the realm is ruled when there is a king, and through whom it is ruled when there is...
RECOLLECT, v. To...
RECOLLECT, v. To recall with additions something not previously known.
Source: The...
PREDESTINATION, n. The...
PREDESTINATION, n. The doctrine that all things occur according to programme. . . . not be confused with that of...
QUILL, n. An...
QUILL, n. An implement of torture yielded by a goose and commonly wielded by an ass. This use of the quill is now...
RASCAL, n. A...
RASCAL, n. A fool considered under another aspect.
Source: The Devil's Dictionary,...
QUOTATION, n. The...
QUOTATION, n. The act of repeating erroneously the words of another. The words erroneously...
RECONSIDER, v. To...
RECONSIDER, v. To seek a justification for a decision already made.
Source: The...
PREDILECTION, n. The...
PREDILECTION, n. The preparatory stage of disillusion.
Source: The Devil's...
QUIVER, n. A...
QUIVER, n. A portable sheath in which the ancient statesman and the aboriginal lawyer carried their lighter...
RASH, adj. Insensible...
RASH, adj. Insensible to the value of our advice.
Source: The Devil's Dictionary,...