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THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY
by Ambrose Bierce
ABORIGINIES, n. Persons of little worth found cumbering the soil of a
newly discovered country. They soon cease to cumber; they fertilize.
ABSCOND, v.i. To "move in a mysterious way," commonly with the property of another.
ABSURDITY, n. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with
one's own opinion.
ACCOMPLICE, n. One associated with another in a crime, having guilty
knowledge and complicity, as an attorney who defends a criminal,
knowing him guilty. This view of the attorney's position in the
matter has not hitherto commanded the assent of attorneys, no one
having offered them a fee for assenting.
ACCUSE, v.t. To affirm another's guilt or unworth; most commonly as a
justification of ourselves for having wronged him.
ADHERENT, n. A follower who has not yet obtained all that he expects
to get.
AFRICAN, n. A nigger that votes our way.
ALTAR, n. The place whereupon the priest formerly raveled out the
small intestine of the sacrificial victim for purposes of divination
and cooked its flesh for the gods. The word is now seldom used,
except with reference to the sacrifice of their liberty and peace by a
male and a female tool.
AMNESTY, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would
be too expensive to punish.
APOLOGIZE, v.i. To lay the foundation for a future offence.
APPEAL, v.t. In law, to put the dice into the box for another throw.
APRIL FOOL, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.
ARMOR, n. The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a
blacksmith.
ASPERSE, v.t. Maliciously to ascribe to another vicious actions which
one has not had the temptation and opportunity to commit.
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by Ambrose Bierce
ABORIGINIES, n. Persons of little worth found cumbering the soil of a
newly discovered country. They soon cease to cumber; they fertilize.
ABSCOND, v.i. To "move in a mysterious way," commonly with the property of another.
ABSURDITY, n. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with
one's own opinion.
ACCOMPLICE, n. One associated with another in a crime, having guilty
knowledge and complicity, as an attorney who defends a criminal,
knowing him guilty. This view of the attorney's position in the
matter has not hitherto commanded the assent of attorneys, no one
having offered them a fee for assenting.
ACCUSE, v.t. To affirm another's guilt or unworth; most commonly as a
justification of ourselves for having wronged him.
ADHERENT, n. A follower who has not yet obtained all that he expects
to get.
AFRICAN, n. A nigger that votes our way.
ALTAR, n. The place whereupon the priest formerly raveled out the
small intestine of the sacrificial victim for purposes of divination
and cooked its flesh for the gods. The word is now seldom used,
except with reference to the sacrifice of their liberty and peace by a
male and a female tool.
AMNESTY, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would
be too expensive to punish.
APOLOGIZE, v.i. To lay the foundation for a future offence.
APPEAL, v.t. In law, to put the dice into the box for another throw.
APRIL FOOL, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.
ARMOR, n. The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a
blacksmith.
ASPERSE, v.t. Maliciously to ascribe to another vicious actions which
one has not had the temptation and opportunity to commit.
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