Devil's Dictionary

A definition a day from the Devil's Dictionary, written by Ambrose Bierce in 1911. Irreverent, humorous and satirical definitions of words.

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Definition of ARREST: "Formally to detain one accused of unusualness." http://t.co/SSqgMfHGSB

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Definition of DEFENCELESS - adjective: Unable to attack. https://t.co/MuzHcRAQy9

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Definition of DATARY - noun: A high ecclesiastic official of the Roman Catholic Church, whose important funct... https://t.co/3T7FIbciLg

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Definition of DANGER - noun:   A savage beast which, when it sleeps,       Man girds at and despises,   But t... https://t.co/B8sdi31hqv

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Definition of CONSULT - verb, intransitive: To seek another's disapproval of a course already decided on. https://t.co/8sneXjqJVM

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Definition of FIB (noun): A lie that has not cut its teeth. An habitual liar's nearest approach to truth: perigee... https://t.co/WrJCE3XIaC

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Definition of FELON - noun: A person of greater enterprise than discretion, who in embracing an opportunity ha... http://t.co/VnF0obrXl1

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Definition of FASHION - noun: A despot whom the wise ridicule and obey.   A king there was who lost an eye   ... http://t.co/V2uQWp6JTF

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Definition of ECONOMY - noun: Purchasing the barrel of whiskey that you do not need for the price of the cow t... http://t.co/Csivu1HtJk

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Definition of EAVESDROP - verb, intransitive: Secretly to overhear a catalogue of the crimes and vices of anot... http://t.co/hRd8IyzdeN

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Definition of DULLARD - noun: A member of the reigning dynasty in letters and life. The Dullards came in with ... http://t.co/UWOsX6xofs

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Definition of DISCUSSION - noun: A method of confirming others in their errors. http://t.co/djdyOzIlbs

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Definition of DIAPHRAGM - noun: A muscular partition separating disorders of the chest from disorders of the bowels. http://t.co/nWd8BYhfRD

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Definition of DELIBERATION - noun: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on. http://t.co/6u51v1CGe2

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Definition of DAMN - verb: A word formerly much used by the Paphlagonians, the meaning of which is lost.  By t... http://t.co/ISFduNaAHg

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Definition of CRITIC - noun: A person who boasts himself hard to please because nobody tries to please him.  ... http://t.co/xzR4KsdXFG

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Definition of CORPORAL - noun: A man who occupies the lowest rung of the military ladder.   Fiercely the batt... http://t.co/uFMmN4taMB

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Definition of CONSERVATIVE - noun: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Li... http://t.co/ycV4pigczV

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Definition of CHILDHOOD - noun: The period of human life intermediate between the idiocy of infancy and the fo... http://t.co/EgtxS6jUlO

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Definition of CARNIVOROUS - adjective: Addicted to the cruelty of devouring the timorous vegetarian, his heirs... http://t.co/wFepn1nmIe

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