Ambrose Bierce

RESPIRATOR, n. An...

RESPIRATOR, n. An...

RESPIRATOR, n. An apparatus fitted over the nose and mouth of an inhabitant of London, whereby to filter the visible...

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RIGHTEOUSNESS, n. A...

RIGHTEOUSNESS, n. A...

RIGHTEOUSNESS, n. A sturdy virtue that was once found among the Pantidoodles inhabiting the lower part of the...

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PROSPECT, n. An...

PROSPECT, n. An...

PROSPECT, n. An outlook, usually forbidding. An expectation, usually forbidden.

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REPENTANCE, n. The...

REPENTANCE, n. The...

REPENTANCE, n. The faithful attendant and follower of Punishment. It is usually manifest in a degree of reformation...

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RETALIATION, n. The...

RETALIATION, n. The...

RETALIATION, n. The natural rock upon which is reared the Temple of Law.

Source:...

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RESTITUTIONS, n. The...

RESTITUTIONS, n. The...

RESTITUTIONS, n. The founding or endowing of universities and public libraries by gift or...

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ROMANCE, n. Fiction...

ROMANCE, n. Fiction...

ROMANCE, n. Fiction that owes no allegiance to the God of Things as They Are. In the novel the writer's thought is...

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QUOTIENT, n. A...

QUOTIENT, n. A...

QUOTIENT, n. A number showing how many times a sum of money belonging to one person is contained in the pocket of...

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REPRESENTATIVE, n. In...

REPRESENTATIVE, n. In...

REPRESENTATIVE, n. In national politics, a member of the Lower House in this world, and without discernible hope of...

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RETRIBUTION, n. A...

RETRIBUTION, n. A...

RETRIBUTION, n. A rain of fire-and-brimstone that falls alike upon the just and such of the unjust as have not...

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RESTITUTOR, n. Benefactor;...

RESTITUTOR, n. Benefactor;...

RESTITUTOR, n. Benefactor; philanthropist.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary,...

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RUM, n. Generically,...

RUM, n. Generically,...

RUM, n. Generically, fiery liquors that produce madness in total abstainers.

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RANSOM, n. The...

RANSOM, n. The...

RANSOM, n. The purchase of that which neither belongs to the seller, nor can belong to the buyer. The most...

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REPUBLIC, n. A...

REPUBLIC, n. A...

REPUBLIC, n. A nation in which, the thing governing and the thing governed being the same, there is only a permitted...

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RIBALDRY, n. Censorious...

RIBALDRY, n. Censorious...

RIBALDRY, n. Censorious language by another concerning oneself.

Source: The Devil's...

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RHADOMANCER, n. One...

RHADOMANCER, n. One...

RHADOMANCER, n. One who uses a divining-rod in prospecting for precious metals in the pocket of a...

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SACERDOTALIST, n. One...

SACERDOTALIST, n. One...

SACERDOTALIST, n. One who holds the belief that a clergyman is a priest. Denial of this momentous doctrine is the...

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REALISM, n. The...

REALISM, n. The...

REALISM, n. The art of depicting nature as it is seem by toads. The charm suffusing a landscape painted by a mole, or...

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RESIGN, v.t. To...

RESIGN, v.t. To...

RESIGN, v.t. To renounce an honor for an advantage. To renounce an advantage for a greater...

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RIBROASTER, n. Censorious...

RIBROASTER, n. Censorious...

RIBROASTER, n. Censorious language by oneself concerning another.

Source: The...

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