Ambrose Bierce

BABE or BABY,...

BABE or BABY,...

BABE or BABY, n. A misshapen creature of no particular age, sex, or condition, chiefly remarkable for the violence of...

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BELLADONNA, n. In...

BELLADONNA, n. In...

BELLADONNA, n. In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity...

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BAIT, n. A...

BAIT, n. A...

BAIT, n. A preparation that renders the hook more palatable. The best kind is beauty.

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BEHAVIOR, n. Conduct,...

BEHAVIOR, n. Conduct,...

BEHAVIOR, n. Conduct, as determined, not by principle, but by breeding.

Source: The...

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BACK, n. That...

BACK, n. That...

BACK, n. That part of your friend which it is your privilege to contemplate in your...

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BACKBITE, v.t. To...

BACKBITE, v.t. To...

BACKBITE, v.t. To speak of a man as you find him when he can't find you.

Source:...

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BOUNTY, n. The...

BOUNTY, n. The...

BOUNTY, n. The liberality of one who has much, in permitting one who has nothing to get all that he...

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BAROMETER, n. An...

BAROMETER, n. An...

BAROMETER, n. An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.

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CALAMITY, n. A...

CALAMITY, n. A...

CALAMITY, n. A more than commonly plain and unmistakable reminder that the affairs of this life are not of our own...

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BEGGAR, n. One...

BEGGAR, n. One...

BEGGAR, n. One who has relied on the assistance of his friends.

Source: The Devil's...

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BEAUTY, n. That...

BEAUTY, n. That...

BEAUTY, n. That power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.

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BRAIN, n. An...

BRAIN, n. An...

BRAIN, n. An apparatus with which we think what we think. That which distinguishes the man who is content to be...

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BLANK-VERSE, n. Unrhymed...

BLANK-VERSE, n. Unrhymed...

BLANK-VERSE, n. Unrhymed iambic pentameters -- the most difficult kind of English verse to write acceptably; a kind,...

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CANNON, n. An...

CANNON, n. An...

CANNON, n. An instrument employed in the rectification of national boundaries.

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BIGOT, n. One...

BIGOT, n. One...

BIGOT, n. One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not...

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BEFRIEND, v.t. To...

BEFRIEND, v.t. To...

BEFRIEND, v.t. To make an ingrate.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.
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CARTESIAN, adj. Relating...

CARTESIAN, adj. Relating...

CARTESIAN, adj. Relating to Descartes, author of Cogito ergo sum to demonstrate the reality of human existence. The...

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BOUNDARY, n. In...

BOUNDARY, n. In...

BOUNDARY, n. In political geography, an imaginary line between two nations, separating the imaginary rights of one...

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CAT, n. A...

CAT, n. A...

CAT, n. A soft, indestructible automaton provided by nature to be kicked when things go wrong in the domestic...

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CALLOUS, adj. Gifted...

CALLOUS, adj. Gifted...

CALLOUS, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another.

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