Ambrose Bierce

OBSERVATORY, n. A...

OBSERVATORY, n. A...

OBSERVATORY, n. A place where astronomers conjecture away the guesses of their...

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PANDEMONIUM, n. Literally,...

PANDEMONIUM, n. Literally,...

PANDEMONIUM, n. Literally, the Place of All the Demons. Most of them have escaped into politics and finance, and the...

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OWE, v. To...

OWE, v. To...

OWE, v. To have (and to hold) a debt. The word formerly signified not indebtedness, but possession; it meant own, and...

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NOISE, n. A...

NOISE, n. A...

NOISE, n. A stench in the ear. Undomesticated music. The chief product and authenticating sign of...

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OLD, adj. In...

OLD, adj. In...

OLD, adj. In that stage of usefulness which is not inconsistent with general inefficiency, as an old man. Discredited...

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OBSOLETE, adj. No...

OBSOLETE, adj. No...

OBSOLETE, adj. No longer used by the timid. Said chiefly of words. A word which some lexicographer has marked...

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PANTHEISM, n. The...

PANTHEISM, n. The...

PANTHEISM, n. The doctrine that everything is God, in contradistinction to the doctrine that God is...

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OYSTER, n. A...

OYSTER, n. A...

OYSTER, n. A slimy, gobby shellfish which civilization gives men the hardihood to eat without removing its entrails!...

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OTHERWISE, adv. No...

OTHERWISE, adv. No...

OTHERWISE, adv. No better.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.
-- Ambrose...

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OPPOSE, v. To...

OPPOSE, v. To...

OPPOSE, v. To assist with obstructions and objections.

Source: The Devil's...

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OCCIDENT, n. The...

OCCIDENT, n. The...

OCCIDENT, n. The world lying west (or east) of the Orient. Largely inhabited by Christians, powerful sub-tribe of the...

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PAST, n. That...

PAST, n. That...

PAST, n. That part of Eternity with some small fraction of which we have a slight and regrettable acquaintance. [T]he...

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PAINTING, n. The...

PAINTING, n. The...

PAINTING, n. The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the...

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OVERWORK, n. A...

OVERWORK, n. A...

OVERWORK, n. A dangerous disorder affecting high public functionaries who want to go...

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OPPOSITION, n. In...

OPPOSITION, n. In...

OPPOSITION, n. In politics the party that prevents the Government from running amuck by hamstringing...

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OCEAN, n. A...

OCEAN, n. A...

OCEAN, n. A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man -- who has no...

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PASTIME, n. A...

PASTIME, n. A...

PASTIME, n. A device for promoting dejection. Gentle exercise for intellectual debility.

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PALM, n. A...

PALM, n. A...

PALM, n. A species of tree . . . of which the familiar itching palm (Palma hominis) is most widely distributed . . . ....

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PAIN, n. An...

PAIN, n. An...

PAIN, n. An uncomfortable frame of mind that may have a physical basis in something that is being done to the body, or...

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OUTDO, v.t. To...

OUTDO, v.t. To...

OUTDO, v.t. To make an enemy.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.
-- Ambrose...

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