Ambrose Bierce

LORE, n. Learning...

LORE, n. Learning...

LORE, n. Learning which is not derived from a regular course of instruction but comes of the reading of occult books,...

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LOGIC, n. The...

LOGIC, n. The...

LOGIC, n. The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human...

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MARRIAGE, n. The...

MARRIAGE, n. The...

MARRIAGE, n. The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress and two slaves, making in all,...

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LIAR, n. A...

LIAR, n. A...

LIAR, n. A lawyer with a roving commission.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary,...

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MACHINATION, n. The...

MACHINATION, n. The...

MACHINATION, n. The method employed by one's opponents in baffling one's open and honorable efforts to do the right...

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LOW-BRED, adj. Raised...

LOW-BRED, adj. Raised...

LOW-BRED, adj. Raised instead of brought up.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary,...

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LOOKING-GLASS, n. A...

LOOKING-GLASS, n. A...

LOOKING-GLASS, n. A vitreous plane upon which to display a fleeting show for man's disillusion...

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MATERIAL, adj. Having...

MATERIAL, adj. Having...

MATERIAL, adj. Having an actual existence, as distinguished from an imaginary one....

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LICKSPITTLE, n. A...

LICKSPITTLE, n. A...

LICKSPITTLE, n. A useful functionary, not infrequently found editing a newspaper . . . the lickspittle is only the...

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MAGNIFICENT, adj. Having...

MAGNIFICENT, adj. Having...

MAGNIFICENT, adj. Having a grandeur or splendor superior to that to which the spectator is accustomed, as the ears of...

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MAGPIE, n. A...

MAGPIE, n. A...

MAGPIE, n. A bird whose thievish disposition suggested to someone that it might be taught to...

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LOVE, n. A...

LOVE, n. A...

LOVE, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he...

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MINE, adj. Belonging...

MINE, adj. Belonging...

MINE, adj. Belonging to me if I can hold or seize it.

Source: The Devil's...

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LINEN, n. A...

LINEN, n. A...

LINEN, n. A kind of cloth the making of which, when made of hemp, entails a great waste of hemp. -- Calcraft the...

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MAJESTY, n. The...

MAJESTY, n. The...

MAJESTY, n. The state and title of a king. Regarded with a just contempt by the Most Eminent Grand Masters, Grand...

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MAIDEN, n. A...

MAIDEN, n. A...

MAIDEN, n. A young person of the unfair sex. The maiden is not altogether unpleasing to the eye, nor (without her...

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LUNARIAN, n. An...

LUNARIAN, n. An...

LUNARIAN, n. An inhabitant of the moon, as distinguished from Lunatic, one whom the moon...

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MIRACLE, n. An...

MIRACLE, n. An...

MIRACLE, n. An act or event out of the order of nature and unaccountable, as beating a normal hand of four kings and...

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LITIGANT, n. A...

LITIGANT, n. A...

LITIGANT, n. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones.

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MANICHEISM, n. The...

MANICHEISM, n. The...

MANICHEISM, n. The ancient Persian doctrine of an incessant warfare between Good and Evil. When Good gave up the fight...

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