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- 161. Ambrose Bierce: MEANDER, n. To proceed sinuously and aimlessly. The word is the ancient name of ...
- 162. Ambrose Bierce: MOUSE, n. An animal which strews its path with fainting women. As in Rome Christ ...
- 163. Ambrose Bierce: OBSESSED, p.p. Vexed by an evil spirit, like the Gadarene swine and other critic ...
- 164. Ambrose Bierce: OPPOSITION, n. In politics the party that prevents the Government from running a ...
- 165. Ambrose Bierce: OPTIMISM, n. The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including wh ...
- 166. Ambrose Bierce: PAIN, n. An uncomfortable frame of mind that may have a physical basis in someth ...
- 167. Ambrose Bierce: PLAGUE, n. In ancient times a general punishment of the innocent for admonition ...
- 168. Ambrose Bierce: PRECEDENT, n. In Law, a previous decision, rule or practice which, in the absenc ...
- 169. Ambrose Bierce: PREHISTORIC, adj. Belonging to an early period and a museum. Antedating the art ...
- 170. Ambrose Bierce: PROJECTILE, n. The final arbiter in international disputes. Formerly these dispu ...
- 171. Ambrose Bierce: QUIXOTIC, adj. Absurdly chivalric, like Don Quixote. An insight into the beauty ...
- 172. Ambrose Bierce: REFUSAL, n. Denial of something desired; as an elderly maiden's hand in marriage ...
- 173. Ambrose Bierce: RELIQUARY, n. A receptacle for such sacred objects as pieces of the true cross, ...
- 174. Ambrose Bierce: RESPITE, n. A suspension of hostilities against a sentenced assassin, to enable ...
- 175. Ambrose Bierce: RESPONSIBILITY, n. A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, F ...
- 176. Ambrose Bierce: REVEILLE, n. A signal to sleeping soldiers to dream of battlefields no more, but ...
- 177. Ambrose Bierce: SAFETY-CLUTCH, n. A mechanical device acting automatically to prevent the fall o ...
- 178. Ambrose Bierce: SALACITY, n. A certain literary quality frequently observed in popular novels, e ...
- 179. Ambrose Bierce: SERIAL, n. A literary work, usually a story that is not true, creeping through s ...
- 180. Ambrose Bierce: SUCCESS, n. The one unpardonable sin against one's fellows. In literature, and p ...
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