Ambrose Bierce

BENEFACTOR, n. One...

BENEFACTOR, n. One...

BENEFACTOR, n. One who makes heavy purchases of ingratitude, without, however, materially affecting the price, which...

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CEMETERY, n. An...

CEMETERY, n. An...

CEMETERY, n. An isolated suburban spot where mourners match lies, poets write at a target and stone-cutters spell for...

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CENTAUR, n. One...

CENTAUR, n. One...

CENTAUR, n. One of a race of persons who lived before the division of labor had been carried to such a pitch of...

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CLOCK, n. A...

CLOCK, n. A...

CLOCK, n. A machine of great moral value to man, allaying his concern for the future by reminding him what a lot of...

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CAVILER, n. A...

CAVILER, n. A...

CAVILER, n. A critic of our own work.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.
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BOTANY, n. The...

BOTANY, n. The...

BOTANY, n. The science of vegetables -- those that are not good to eat, as well as those that are. It deals largely...

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CHRISTIAN, n. One...

CHRISTIAN, n. One...

CHRISTIAN, n. One who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual...

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COMPULSION, n. The...

COMPULSION, n. The...

COMPULSION, n. The eloquence of power.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.
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COMPROMISE, n. Such...

COMPROMISE, n. Such...

COMPROMISE, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has...

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CERBERUS, n. The...

CERBERUS, n. The...

CERBERUS, n. The watch-dog of Hades, whose duty it was to guard the entrance -- against whom or what does not clearly...

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CABBAGE, n. A...

CABBAGE, n. A...

CABBAGE, n. A familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head.

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CLERGYMAN, n. A...

CLERGYMAN, n. A...

CLERGYMAN, n. A man who undertakes the management of our spiritual affairs as a method of better his temporal...

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CORPORATION, n. An...

CORPORATION, n. An...

CORPORATION, n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit

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CONGRESS, n. A...

CONGRESS, n. A...

CONGRESS, n. A body of men who meet to repeal laws.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary,...

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CLARIONET, n. An...

CLARIONET, n. An...

CLARIONET, n. An instrument of torture operated by a person with cotton in his ears. There are two instruments that...

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CALUMNUS, n. A...

CALUMNUS, n. A...

CALUMNUS, n. A graduate of the School for Scandal.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary,...

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CLOSE-FISTED, adj. Unduly...

CLOSE-FISTED, adj. Unduly...

CLOSE-FISTED, adj. Unduly desirous of keeping that which many meritorious persons wish to...

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CRAYFISH, n. A...

CRAYFISH, n. A...

CRAYFISH, n. A small crustacean very much resembling the lobster, but less indigestible.

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CONSERVATIVE, n. A...

CONSERVATIVE, n. A...

CONSERVATIVE, n. A statesman who is enamoured of existing evils, as distinguished from a Liberal who wishes to replace...

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COMMENDATION, n. The...

COMMENDATION, n. The...

COMMENDATION, n. The tribute that we pay to achievements that resembles, but do not equal, our...

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