Ambrose Bierce

PREROGATIVE, n. A...

PREROGATIVE, n. A...

PREROGATIVE, n. A sovereign's right to do wrong.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary,...

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REASON, v.i. To...

REASON, v.i. To...

REASON, v.i. To weight probabilities in the scales of desire.

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POTABLE, n. Suitable...

POTABLE, n. Suitable...

POTABLE, n. Suitable for drinking. Water is said to be potable; indeed, some declare it our natural beverage, although...

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PROOF-READER, n. A...

PROOF-READER, n. A...

PROOF-READER, n. A malefactor who atones for making your writing nonsense by permitting the compositor to make it...

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RABBLE, n. In...

RABBLE, n. In...

RABBLE, n. In a republic, those who exercise a supreme authority tempered by fraudulent elections. The rabble is like...

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PROBOSCIS, n. The...

PROBOSCIS, n. The...

PROBOSCIS, n. The rudimentary organ of an elephant which serves him in place of the knife-and-fork that Evolution has...

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REASONABLE, adj. Accessible...

REASONABLE, adj. Accessible...

REASONABLE, adj. Accessible to the infection of our own opinions. Hospitable to persuasion, dissuasion and...

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PRECIPITATE, adj. Anteprandial....

PRECIPITATE, adj. Anteprandial....

PRECIPITATE, adj. Anteprandial.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.
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PROPERTY, n. Any...

PROPERTY, n. Any...

PROPERTY, n. Any material thing, having no particular value, that may be held by A against the cupidity of B. Whatever...

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RACK, n. An...

RACK, n. An...

RACK, n. An argumentative implement formerly much used in persuading devotees of a false faith to embrace the living...

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QUEEN, n. A...

QUEEN, n. A...

QUEEN, n. A woman by whom the realm is ruled when there is a king, and through whom it is ruled when there is...

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RECOLLECT, v. To...

RECOLLECT, v. To...

RECOLLECT, v. To recall with additions something not previously known.

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PREDESTINATION, n. The...

PREDESTINATION, n. The...

PREDESTINATION, n. The doctrine that all things occur according to programme. . . . not be confused with that of...

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QUILL, n. An...

QUILL, n. An...

QUILL, n. An implement of torture yielded by a goose and commonly wielded by an ass. This use of the quill is now...

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RASCAL, n. A...

RASCAL, n. A...

RASCAL, n. A fool considered under another aspect.

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QUOTATION, n. The...

QUOTATION, n. The...

QUOTATION, n. The act of repeating erroneously the words of another. The words erroneously...

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RECONSIDER, v. To...

RECONSIDER, v. To...

RECONSIDER, v. To seek a justification for a decision already made.

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PREDILECTION, n. The...

PREDILECTION, n. The...

PREDILECTION, n. The preparatory stage of disillusion.

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QUIVER, n. A...

QUIVER, n. A...

QUIVER, n. A portable sheath in which the ancient statesman and the aboriginal lawyer carried their lighter...

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RASH, adj. Insensible...

RASH, adj. Insensible...

RASH, adj. Insensible to the value of our advice.

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