Ambrose Bierce

RADIUM, n. A...

RADIUM, n. A...

RADIUM, n. A mineral that gives off heat and stimulates the organ that a scientist is a fool...

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RECREATION, n. A...

RECREATION, n. A...

RECREATION, n. A particular kind of dejection to relieve a general fatigue.

Source:...

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PREFERENCE, n. A...

PREFERENCE, n. A...

PREFERENCE, n. A sentiment, or frame of mind, induced by the erroneous belief that one thing is better than...

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RADICALISM, n. The...

RADICALISM, n. The...

RADICALISM, n. The conservatism of to-morrow injected into the affairs of to-day.

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REAR, n. In...

REAR, n. In...

REAR, n. In American military matters, that exposed part of the army that is nearest to...

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RAILROAD, n. The...

RAILROAD, n. The...

RAILROAD, n. The chief of many mechanical devices enabling us to get away from where we are to where we are no better...

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RECTOR, n. In...

RECTOR, n. In...

RECTOR, n. In the Church of England, the Third Person of the parochial Trinity, the Cruate and the Vicar being the...

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PREJUDICE, n. A...

PREJUDICE, n. A...

PREJUDICE, n. A vagrant opinion without visible means of support.

Source: The...

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RAMSHACKLE, adj. Pertaining...

RAMSHACKLE, adj. Pertaining...

RAMSHACKLE, adj. Pertaining to a certain order of architecture, otherwise known as the Normal American. Most of the...

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RECONCILIATION, n. A...

RECONCILIATION, n. A...

RECONCILIATION, n. A suspension of hostilities. An armed truce for the purpose of digging up the...

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RATTLESNAKE, n. Our...

RATTLESNAKE, n. Our...

RATTLESNAKE, n. Our prostrate brother, Homo ventrambulans.

Source: The Devil's...

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REFERENDUM, n. A...

REFERENDUM, n. A...

REFERENDUM, n. A law for submission of proposed legislation to a popular vote to learn the nonsensus of public...

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PRESBYTERIAN, n. One...

PRESBYTERIAN, n. One...

PRESBYTERIAN, n. One who holds the conviction that the government authorities of the Church should be called...

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RANK, n. Relative...

RANK, n. Relative...

RANK, n. Relative elevation in the scale of human worth.

Source: The Devil's...

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REDRESS, n. Reparation...

REDRESS, n. Reparation...

REDRESS, n. Reparation without satisfaction.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary,...

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REACH, n. The...

REACH, n. The...

REACH, n. The radius of action of the human hand. The area within which it is possible (and customary) to gratify...

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REFLECTION, n. An...

REFLECTION, n. An...

REFLECTION, n. An action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things of yesterday and...

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PRESCRIPTION, n. A...

PRESCRIPTION, n. A...

PRESCRIPTION, n. A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the...

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REDEMPTION, n. Deliverance...

REDEMPTION, n. Deliverance...

REDEMPTION, n. Deliverance of sinners from the penalty of their sin, through their murder of the deity against whom...

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RENOWN, n. A...

RENOWN, n. A...

RENOWN, n. A degree of distinction between notoriety and fame -- a little more supportable than the one and a little...

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