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ART, n. This word has no definition. Its origin is related by the ingenious Father Gassalasca Jape as One day a wag -- what would the wretch be at? #
Shifted a letter of the cipher RAT,
And said it was a god's name! . . .

Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.
-- Ambrose Bierce, (Jun 24 1842-1914), US journalist, short-story writer; He was a noted wit, satirist and sardonic short story writer who disappeared while covering the Mexican revolution.

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