Ambrose Bierce

POSITIVISM, n. A...

POSITIVISM, n. A...

POSITIVISM, n. A philosophy that denies our knowledge of the Real and affirms our ignorance of the Apparent. Its...

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RASCALITY, n. Stupidity...

RASCALITY, n. Stupidity...

RASCALITY, n. Stupidity militant. The activity of a clouded intellect.

Source: The...

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PLATITUDE, n. The...

PLATITUDE, n. The...

PLATITUDE, n. The fundamental element and special glory of popular literature. A thought that snores in words that...

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PRESIDE, v. To...

PRESIDE, v. To...

PRESIDE, v. To guide the action of a deliberative body to a desirable result. In Journalese, to perform upon a musical...

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PROJECTILE, n. The...

PROJECTILE, n. The...

PROJECTILE, n. The final arbiter in international disputes. With the growth of prudence in military affairs the...

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PRE-ADAMITE, n. One...

PRE-ADAMITE, n. One...

PRE-ADAMITE, n. One of an experimental and apparently unsatisfactory race of antedated Creation . . . . Little its...

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RATIONAL, adj. Devoid...

RATIONAL, adj. Devoid...

RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and...

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POETRY, n. A...

POETRY, n. A...

POETRY, n. A form of expression peculiar to the Land beyond the Magazines.

Source:...

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PRICE, n. Value,...

PRICE, n. Value,...

PRICE, n. Value, plus a reasonable sum for the wear and tear of conscience in demanding...

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PUBLISH, n. In...

PUBLISH, n. In...

PUBLISH, n. In literary affairs, to become the fundamental element in a cone of critics.

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PRE-EXISTENCE, n. An...

PRE-EXISTENCE, n. An...

PRE-EXISTENCE, n. An unnoted factor in creation.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary,...

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REALITY, n. The...

REALITY, n. The...

REALITY, n. The dream of a mad philosopher. That which would remain in the cupel if one should assay a phantom. The...

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POKER, n. A...

POKER, n. A...

POKER, n. A game said to be played with cards for some purpose to this lexicographer...

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PRISON, n. A...

PRISON, n. A...

PRISON, n. A place of punishments and rewards. The poet assures us that Stone walls do not a prison make, but a...

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PUSH, n. One...

PUSH, n. One...

PUSH, n. One of the two things mainly conducive to success, especially in politics. The other is...

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PREHISTORIC, adj. Belonging...

PREHISTORIC, adj. Belonging...

PREHISTORIC, adj. Belonging to an early period and a museum. Antedating the art and practice of perpetuating...

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REASON, n. Propensitate...

REASON, n. Propensitate...

REASON, n. Propensitate of prejudice.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.
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PORTUGUESE, n.pl. A...

PORTUGUESE, n.pl. A...

PORTUGUESE, n.pl. A species of geese indigenous to Portugal. They are mostly without feathers and imperfectly edible,...

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PROOF, n. Evidence...

PROOF, n. Evidence...

PROOF, n. Evidence having a shade more of plausibility than of unlikelihood. The testimony of two credible witnesses...

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QUORUM, n. A...

QUORUM, n. A...

QUORUM, n. A sufficient number of members of a deliberative body to have their own way and their own way of having it....

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