Ambrose Bierce

PEDESTRIAN, n. The...

PEDESTRIAN, n. The...

PEDESTRIAN, n. The variable (an audible) part of the roadway for an automobile.

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PLENIPOTENTIARY, adj. Having...

PLENIPOTENTIARY, adj. Having...

PLENIPOTENTIARY, adj. Having full power. A Minister Plenipotentiary is a diplomatist possessing absolute authority on...

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PICKANINNY, n. The...

PICKANINNY, n. The...

PICKANINNY, n. The young of the Procyanthropos, or Americanus dominans. It is small, black and charged with political...

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PLOW, n. An...

PLOW, n. An...

PLOW, n. An implement that cries aloud for hands accustomed to the pen.

Source: The...

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PLAUDITS, n. Coins...

PLAUDITS, n. Coins...

PLAUDITS, n. Coins with which the populace pays those who tickle and devour it.

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PEDIGREE, n. The...

PEDIGREE, n. The...

PEDIGREE, n. The known part of the route from an arboreal ancestor with a swim bladder to an urban descendant with a...

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POCKET, n. The...

POCKET, n. The...

POCKET, n. The cradle of motive and the grave of conscience. In woman this organ is lacking; so she acts without...

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PICTURE, n. A...

PICTURE, n. A...

PICTURE, n. A representation in two dimensions of something wearisome in three.

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PLUNDER, v. To...

PLUNDER, v. To...

PLUNDER, v. To take the property of another without observing the decent and customary reticences of theft. To wrest...

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PLEASE, v. To...

PLEASE, v. To...

PLEASE, v. To lay the foundation for a superstructure of imposition.

Source: The...

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PERIPATETIC, adj. Walking...

PERIPATETIC, adj. Walking...

PERIPATETIC, adj. Walking about. Relating to the philosophy of Aristotle, who, while expounding it, moved from place...

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PRAY, v. To...

PRAY, v. To...

PRAY, v. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly...

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PIE, n. An...

PIE, n. An...

PIE, n. An advance agent of the reaper whose name is Indigestion.

Source: The...

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POLITICIAN, n. An...

POLITICIAN, n. An...

POLITICIAN, n. An eel in the fundamental mud upon which the superstructure of organized society is reared. When he...

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PLEBISCITE, n. A...

PLEBISCITE, n. A...

PLEBISCITE, n. A popular vote to ascertain the will of the sovereign.

Source: The...

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PIG, n. An...

PIG, n. An...

PIG, n. An animal (Porcus omnivorus) closely allied to the human race by the splendor and vivacity of its appetite,...

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PROVIDENTIAL, adj. Unexpectedly...

PROVIDENTIAL, adj. Unexpectedly...

PROVIDENTIAL, adj. Unexpectedly and conspicuously beneficial to the person so describing...

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PIRACY, n. Commerce...

PIRACY, n. Commerce...

PIRACY, n. Commerce without its folly-swaddles, just as God made it.

Source: The...

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PORTABLE, adj. Exposed...

PORTABLE, adj. Exposed...

PORTABLE, adj. Exposed to a mutable ownership through vicissitudes of possession.

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POLICE, n. An...

POLICE, n. An...

POLICE, n. An armed force for protection and participation.

Source: The Devil's...

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