Ambrose Bierce

MALE, n. A...

MALE, n. A...

MALE, n. A member of the unconsidered, or negligible sex. The male of the human race is commonly known (to the female)...

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MAD, adj. Affected...

MAD, adj. Affected...

MAD, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence; at odds with the majority; in short, unusual. It...

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MISERICORDE, n. A...

MISERICORDE, n. A...

MISERICORDE, n. A dagger which in mediaeval warfare was used by the foot soldier to remind an unhorsed knight that he...

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LITIGATION, n. A...

LITIGATION, n. A...

LITIGATION, n. A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.

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MAUSOLEUM, n. The...

MAUSOLEUM, n. The...

MAUSOLEUM, n. The final and funniest folly of the rich.

Source: The Devil's...

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MAMMALIA, n.pl. A...

MAMMALIA, n.pl. A...

MAMMALIA, n.pl. A family of vertebrate animals whose females in a state of nature suckle their young, but when...

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MAMMON, n. The...

MAMMON, n. The...

MAMMON, n. The god of the world's leading religion. The chief temple is in the holy city of New...

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MOLECULE, n. The...

MOLECULE, n. The...

MOLECULE, n. The ultimate, indivisible unit of matter. It is distinguished from the corpuscle, also the ultimate,...

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LOSS, n. Privation...

LOSS, n. Privation...

LOSS, n. Privation of that which we had, or had not. Thus, in the latter sense, it is said of a defeated candidate...

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MEDAL, n. A...

MEDAL, n. A...

MEDAL, n. A small metal disk given as a reward for virtues, attainments or services more or less...

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MAN, n. An...

MAN, n. An...

MAN, n. An animal so lost in rapturous contemplation of what he thinks he is as to overlook what he indubitably ought...

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MAYONNAISE, n. One...

MAYONNAISE, n. One...

MAYONNAISE, n. One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.

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MONARCHICAL GOVERNMENT, n....

MONARCHICAL GOVERNMENT, n....

MONARCHICAL GOVERNMENT, n. Government.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.
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MAGNITUDE, n. Size...

MAGNITUDE, n. Size...

MAGNITUDE, n. Size [that is] purely relative. If everything in the universe were increased 1,000 diameters nothing...

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MEEKNESS, n. Uncommon...

MEEKNESS, n. Uncommon...

MEEKNESS, n. Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.

Source:...

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ME, pro. The...

ME, pro. The...

ME, pro. The objectionable case of I. The personal pronoun in English has three cases, the dominative, the...

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MERCY, n. An...

MERCY, n. An...

MERCY, n. An attribute beloved of detected offenders.

Source: The Devil's...

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MOUSQUETAIRE, n. A...

MOUSQUETAIRE, n. A...

MOUSQUETAIRE, n. A long glove covering a part of the arm. Worn in New Jersey. But mousquetaire is a might poor way to...

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MALEFACTOR, n. The...

MALEFACTOR, n. The...

MALEFACTOR, n. The chief factor in the progress of the human race.

Source: The...

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MERCHANT, n. One...

MERCHANT, n. One...

MERCHANT, n. One engaged in a commercial pursuit. A commercial pursuit is one in which the thing pursued is a...

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