1533 Quotations with High.
- 101. Ambrose Bierce: LAUREATE, adj. Crowned with leaves of the laurel. In England the Poet Laureate i ...
- 102. Ambrose Bierce: LEXICOGRAPHER, n. A pestilent fellow who, under the pretense of recording some p ...
- 103. Ambrose Bierce: LICKSPITTLE, n. A useful functionary, not infrequently found editing a newspaper ...
- 104. Ambrose Bierce: LIMB, n. The branch of a tree or the leg of an American woman.
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- 105. Ambrose Bierce: MACROBIAN, n. One forgotten of the gods and living to a great age. History is ab ...
- 106. Ambrose Bierce: MAD, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence; not conformi ...
- 107. Ambrose Bierce: MAGIC, n. An art of converting superstition into coin. There are other arts serv ...
- 108. Ambrose Bierce: MINISTER, n. An agent of a higher power with a lower responsibility. In diplomac ...
- 109. Ambrose Bierce: MISCREANT, n. A person of the highest degree of unworth. Etymologically, the wor ...
- 110. Ambrose Bierce: MONSIGNOR, n. A high ecclesiastical title, of which the Founder of our religion ...
- 111. Ambrose Bierce: MULTITUDE, n. A crowd; the source of political wisdom and virtue. In a republic, ...
- 112. Ambrose Bierce: NOBLEMAN, n. Nature's provision for wealthy American minds ambitious to incur so ...
- 113. Ambrose Bierce: OBLIVION, n. The state or condition in which the wicked cease from struggling an ...
- 114. Ambrose Bierce: OBSESSED, p.p. Vexed by an evil spirit, like the Gadarene swine and other critic ...
- 115. Ambrose Bierce: PALACE, n. A fine and costly residence, particularly that of a great official. T ...
- 116. Ambrose Bierce: PIE, n. An advance agent of the reaper whose name is Indigestion.
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- 117. Ambrose Bierce: PROBOSCIS, n. The rudimentary organ of an elephant which serves him in place of ...
- 118. Ambrose Bierce: PROJECTILE, n. The final arbiter in international disputes. Formerly these dispu ...
- 119. Ambrose Bierce: RANK, n. Relative elevation in the scale of human worth.
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- 120. Ambrose Bierce: RAILROAD, n. The chief of many mechanical devices enabling us to get away from w ...
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