Ambrose Bierce

RIGHT, n. Legitimate...

RIGHT, n. Legitimate...

RIGHT, n. Legitimate authority to be, to do or to have; as the right to be a king, the right to do one's neighbor, the...

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SACRED, adj. Dedicated...

SACRED, adj. Dedicated...

SACRED, adj. Dedicated to some religious purpose; having a divine character; inspiring solemn thoughts or emotions; as...

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REBEL, n. A...

REBEL, n. A...

REBEL, n. A proponent of a new misrule who has failed to establish it.

Source: The...

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RESPITE, n. A...

RESPITE, n. A...

RESPITE, n. A suspension of hostilities against a sentenced assassin, to enable the Executive to determine whether the...

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RICH, adj. Holding...

RICH, adj. Holding...

RICH, adj. Holding in trust and subject to an accounting the property of the indolent, the incompetent, the unthrifty,...

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RITUALISM, n. A...

RITUALISM, n. A...

RITUALISM, n. A Dutch Garden of God where He may walk in rectilinear freedom, keeping off the...

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SCRIPTURES, n. The...

SCRIPTURES, n. The...

SCRIPTURES, n. The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which...

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RECOUNT, n. In...

RECOUNT, n. In...

RECOUNT, n. In American politics, another throw of the dice, accorded to the player against whom they are...

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RESPONSIBILITY, n. A...

RESPONSIBILITY, n. A...

RESPONSIBILITY, n. A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one's neighbor....

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RIDICULE, n. Words...

RIDICULE, n. Words...

RIDICULE, n. Words designed to show that the person of whom they are uttered is devoid of the dignity of character...

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ROAD, n. A...

ROAD, n. A...

ROAD, n. A strip of land along which one may pass from where it is too tiresome to be to where it is futile to...

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SELF-ESTEEM,n. An erroneous...

SELF-ESTEEM,n. An erroneous...

SELF-ESTEEM,n. An erroneous appraisal.

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

RECRUIT, n. A...

RECRUIT, n. A person distinguishable from a civilian by his uniform and from a soldier by his...

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REVIEW, v.t. To...

REVIEW, v.t. To...

REVIEW, v.t. To set your wisdom (holding not a doubt of it.
Although in truth there's neither bone nor skin to...

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RIMER, n. A...

RIMER, n. A...

RIMER, n. A poet regarded with indifference or disesteem.

Source: The Devil's...

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ROBBER, n. A...

ROBBER, n. A...

ROBBER, n. A candid man of affairs.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.
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SELF-EVIDENT, adj. Evident...

SELF-EVIDENT, adj. Evident...

SELF-EVIDENT, adj. Evident to one's self and to nobody else.

Source: The Devil's...

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REPLICA, n. A...

REPLICA, n. A...

REPLICA, n. A reproduction of a work of art, by the artist that made the original. It is so called to distinguish it...

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RIME, n. Agreeing...

RIME, n. Agreeing...

RIME, n. Agreeing sounds in the terminals of verse, mostly bad. The verses themselves, as distinguished from prose,...

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RIOT, n. A...

RIOT, n. A...

RIOT, n. A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.

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