Ambrose Bierce

LEARNING, n. The...

LEARNING, n. The...

LEARNING, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.

Source: The Devil's...

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INTERPRETER, n. One...

INTERPRETER, n. One...

INTERPRETER, n. One who enables two persons of different languages to understand each other by repeating to each what...

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LEVIATHAN, n. An...

LEVIATHAN, n. An...

LEVIATHAN, n. An enormous aquatic animal mentioned by Job. Some suppose it to have been the whale, but [others]...

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K, n....

K, n....

K, n. A consonant; originally precisely that of our H, but altered to its present shape to commemorate the...

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LAUREL, n. The...

LAUREL, n. The...

LAUREL, n. The laurus, a vegetable dedicated to Apollo, and formerly defoliated to wreathe the brows of victors and...

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LECTURER, n. One...

LECTURER, n. One...

LECTURER, n. One with his hand in your pocket, his tongue in your ear and his faith in your...

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IRRELIGION, n. The...

IRRELIGION, n. The...

IRRELIGION, n. The principal one of the great faiths of the world.

Source: The...

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LEXICOGRAPHER, n. A...

LEXICOGRAPHER, n. A...

LEXICOGRAPHER, n. A pestilent fellow who, under the pretense of recording some particular stage in the development of...

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KINDNESS, n. A...

KINDNESS, n. A...

KINDNESS, n. A brief preface to ten volumes of exaction.

Source: The Devil's...

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LEGACY, n. A...

LEGACY, n. A...

LEGACY, n. A gift from one who is legging it out of this vale of tears.

Source: The...

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LIGHTHOUSE, n. A...

LIGHTHOUSE, n. A...

LIGHTHOUSE, n. A tall building on the seashore in which the government maintains a lamp and the friend of a...

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ITCH, n. The...

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...

LIFE, n. A spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay. We live in daily apprehension of its loss; yet when lost...

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LANGUAGE, n. The...

LANGUAGE, n. The...

LANGUAGE, n. The music with which we charm the serpents guarding another's treasure.

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LIVER, n. A...

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...

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LIMB, n. The...

LIMB, n. The...

LIMB, n. The branch of a tree or the leg of an American woman.

Source: The Devil's...

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JOSS-STICKS, n. Small...

JOSS-STICKS, n. Small...

JOSS-STICKS, n. Small sticks burned by the Chinese in their pagan tomfoolery, in imitation of certain sacred rites of...

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LUMINARY, n. One...

LUMINARY, n. One...

LUMINARY, n. One who throws light upon a subject; as an editor by not writing about it.

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LAUGHTER, n. An...

LAUGHTER, n. An...

LAUGHTER, n. An interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate noises. It...

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LOGANIMITY, n. The...

LOGANIMITY, n. The...

LOGANIMITY, n. The disposition to endure injury with meek forbearance while maturing a plan of...

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