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MONARCH, n. A person engaged in reigning. Formerly the monarch ruled, as the derivation of the word attests, and as...
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NIHILIST, n. A Russian who denies the existence of anything but Tolstoi. The leader of the school is...
NOMINATE, v. To designate for the heaviest political assessment. To put forward a suitable person to incur the...
MENDACIOUS, adj. Addicted to rhetoric.Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.--...
NEIGHBOR, n. One whom we are commanded to love as ourselves, and who does all he knows how to make us...
MONKEY, n. An arboreal animal which makes itself at home in genealogical trees. More about this quote...
NOBLEMAN, n. Nature's provision for wealthy American minds ambitious to incur social distinction and suffer high...
NOMINEE, n. A modest gentleman shrinking from the distinction of private life and diligently seeking the honorable...
MILLENNIUM, n. The period of a thousand years when the lid is to be screwed down, with all reformers on the under...
NON-COMBATANT, n. A dead Quaker.Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.--...
MONSIGNOR, n. A high ecclesiastical title, of which the Founder of our religion overlooked the...
NOUMENON, n. That which exists, as distinguished from that which merely seems to exist, the latter being a phenomenon....
OATH, n. In law, a solemn appeal to the Deity, made binding upon the conscience by a penalty for...
MINOR, adj. Less objectionable.Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.-- Ambrose...
NONSENSE, n. The objections that are urged against this excellent dictionary. More about this quote...
MUMMY, n. An ancient Egyptian . . . handy, too, in museums in gratifying the vulgar curiosity that serves to...
OMEN, n. A sign that something will happen if nothing happens.Source: The Devil's...
ONCE, adv. Enough.Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.-- Ambrose Bierce, (Jun...
MISDEMEANOR, n. An infraction of the law having less dignity than a felony and constituting no claim to admittance...
NOTORIETY, n. The fame of one's competitor for public honors. The kind of renown most accessible and acceptable to...
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