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- 201. Ambrose Bierce: DUTY, n. That which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line ...
- 202. Ambrose Bierce: EDITOR, n. A person who combines the judicial functions of Minos, Rhadamanthus a ...
- 203. Ambrose Bierce: EMBALM, v.i. To cheat vegetation by locking up the gases upon which it feeds. By ...
- 204. Ambrose Bierce: ENTHUSIASM, n. A distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in con ...
- 205. Ambrose Bierce: EXCESS, n. In morals, an indulgence that enforces by appropriate penalties the l ...
- 206. Ambrose Bierce: EXECUTIVE, n. An officer of the Government, whose duty it is to enforce the wish ...
- 207. Ambrose Bierce: FINANCE, n. The art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best a ...
- 208. Ambrose Bierce: FLY-SPECK, n. The prototype of punctuation. It is observed by Garvinus that the ...
- 209. Ambrose Bierce: FOREORDINATION, n. This looks like an easy word to define, but when I consider t ...
- 210. Ambrose Bierce: FORMA PAUPERIS. [Latin] In the character of a poor person -- a method by which a ...
- 211. Ambrose Bierce: FROG, n. A reptile with edible legs. The first mention of frogs in profane liter ...
- 212. Ambrose Bierce: FRYING-PAN, n. One part of the penal apparatus employed in that punitive institu ...
- 213. Ambrose Bierce: GEOGRAPHER, n. A chap who can tell you offhand the difference between the outsid ...
- 214. Ambrose Bierce: GRAMMAR, n. A system of pitfalls thoughtfully prepared for the feet for the self ...
- 215. Ambrose Bierce: GREAT, adj.
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- 216. Ambrose Bierce: GUNPOWDER, n. An agency employed by civilized nations for the settlement of disp ...
- 217. Ambrose Bierce: HYPOCHONDRIASIS, n. Depression of one's own spirits.
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- 218. Ambrose Bierce: IMMODEST, adj. Having a strong sense of one's own merit, coupled with a feeble c ...
- 219. Ambrose Bierce: IMMORAL, adj. Inexpedient. Whatever in the long run and with regard to the great ...
- 220. Ambrose Bierce: INADMISSIBLE, adj. Not competent to be considered. Said of certain kinds of test ...
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