Ambrose Bierce

PIGMY, n. One...

PIGMY, n. One...

PIGMY, n. One of a tribe of very small men found by ancient travelers in many parts of the world, but by modern in...

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PRUDE, n. A...

PRUDE, n. A...

PRUDE, n. A bawd hiding behind the back of her demeanor.

Source: The Devil's...

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PLAGIARISM, n. A...

PLAGIARISM, n. A...

PLAGIARISM, n. A literary coincidence compounded of a discreditable priority and an honorable...

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POVERTY, n. A...

POVERTY, n. A...

POVERTY, n. A file provided for the teeth of the rats of reform. Its victims are distinguished by possession of all...

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POLITENESS, n. The...

POLITENESS, n. The...

POLITENESS, n. The most acceptable hypocrisy.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary,...

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PILGRIM, n. A...

PILGRIM, n. A...

PILGRIM, n. A traveler that is taken seriously. A Pilgrim Father was one who [was] not permitted to sing psalms...

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PYRRHONISM, n. An...

PYRRHONISM, n. An...

PYRRHONISM, n. An ancient philosophy, named for its inventor. It consisted of an absolute disbelief in everything but...

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PLAGIARIZE, v. To...

PLAGIARIZE, v. To...

PLAGIARIZE, v. To take the thought or style of another writer whom one has never, never...

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PREDICAMENT, n. The...

PREDICAMENT, n. The...

PREDICAMENT, n. The wage of consistency.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary,...

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POLITICS, n. A...

POLITICS, n. A...

POLITICS, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private...

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POLYGAMY, n. A...

POLYGAMY, n. A...

POLYGAMY, n. A house of atonement, or expiatory chapel, fitted with several stools of repentance, as distinguished...

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QUIXOTIC, adj. Absurdly...

QUIXOTIC, adj. Absurdly...

QUIXOTIC, adj. Absurdly chivalric, like Don Quixote. An insight into the beauty and excellence of this incomparable...

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PLAGUE, n. In...

PLAGUE, n. In...

PLAGUE, n. In ancient times a general punishment of the innocent for admonition of their ruler, as in the familiar...

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PRELATE, n. A...

PRELATE, n. A...

PRELATE, n. A church officer having a superior degree of holiness and a fat preferment. One of Heaven's aristocracy. A...

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POSTERITY, n. An...

POSTERITY, n. An...

POSTERITY, n. An appellate court which reverses the judgment of a popular author's contemporaries, the appellant being...

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POPULIST, n. A...

POPULIST, n. A...

POPULIST, n. A fossil patriot of the early agricultural period, found in the old red soapstone underlying Kansas . ....

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R.I.P. A careless...

R.I.P. A careless...

R.I.P. A careless abbreviation of requiescat in pace, attesting to indolent goodwill to the dead. According to the...

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PLAN, n. --...

PLAN, n. --...

PLAN, n. -- The best method of accomplishing an accidental result.

Source: The...

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PRESENTABLE, adj. Hideously...

PRESENTABLE, adj. Hideously...

PRESENTABLE, adj. Hideously appareled after the manner of the time and place.

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PRESIDENT, n. The...

PRESIDENT, n. The...

PRESIDENT, n. The leading figure in a small group of men of whom -- and of whom only -- it is positively known that...

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