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Ambrose Bierce
EAVESDROP, v.i. Secretly...
EAVESDROP, v.i. Secretly to overhear a catalogue of the crimes and vices of another or...
ENTHUSIASM, n. A...
ENTHUSIASM, n. A distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of...
EFFECT, n. The...
EFFECT, n. The second of two phenomena which always occur together in the same order. The first, called a Cause, is...
EDIBLE, adj. Good...
EDIBLE, adj. Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to...
DIPLOMACY, n. Lying...
DIPLOMACY, n. Lying in state, or the patriotic art of lying for one's country.
EDUCATION, n. That...
EDUCATION, n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of...
EVANGELIST, n. A...
EVANGELIST, n. A bearer of good tidings, particularly (in a religious sense) such as assure us of our own salvation...
ELEGY, n. A...
ELEGY, n. A composition in verse, in which, without employing any of the methods of humor, the writer aims to produce...
EJECTION, n. An...
EJECTION, n. An approved remedy for the disease of garrulity. It is also much used in cases of extreme...
DISABUSE, v.t. To...
DISABUSE, v.t. To present your neighbor with another and better error than the one which he has deemed advantageous to...
ENTERTAINMENT, n. Any...
ENTERTAINMENT, n. Any kind of amusement whose inroads stop short of death by injection.
EXCEPTION, n. A...
EXCEPTION, n. A thing which takes the liberty to differ from other things of its class, as an honest man, a truthful...
EXTINCTION, n. The...
EXTINCTION, n. The raw material out of which theology created the future state.
END, n. The...
END, n. The position farthest removed on either hand from the Interlocutor.
Source:...
DUEL, n. A...
DUEL, n. A formal ceremony preliminary to reconciliation of two enemies. Great skill is necessary to its satisfactory...
EPIGRAM, n. A...
EPIGRAM, n. A short, sharp saying in prose or verse, frequently characterize by acidity or acerbity and sometimes by...
EXISTENCE, n. A...
EXISTENCE, n. A transient, horrible, fantastic dream,
Wherein is nothing yet all things do seem:
From which...
FASHION, n. A...
FASHION, n. A despot whom the wise ridicule and obey.
Source: The Devil's...
ENOUGH, pro. All...
ENOUGH, pro. All there is in the world if you like it.
Source: The Devil's...
ELECTOR, n. One...
ELECTOR, n. One who enjoys the sacred privilege of voting for the man of another man's...