MENDACIOUS, adj. Addicted to rhetoric.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
Related:
- CARNIVOROUS, adj. Addicted to the cruelty of devouring the timorous
vegetarian,
his heirs and assigns. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - FRIENDLESS, adj. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune.
Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense. ... - MUGWUMP, n. In politics one afflicted with self-respect and addicted
to the vice of independence.
A term of contempt. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - DEFENCELESS, adj. Unable to attack.
-- Ambrose Bierce,
"The Devil's... - INEXPEDIENT, adj. Not calculated to advance one's interests.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - LAWFUL, adj. Compatible with the will of a judge having jurisdiction.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - MINOR, adj. Less objectionable.
-- Ambrose Bierce,
"The Devil's... - MORE, adj. The comparative degree of too much.
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Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - PENITENT, adj. Undergoing or awaiting punishment.
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Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's...
From the same category:
- No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor... - Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour,
Content to dwell in decencies forever.
Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Moral Essays, Epistle... - Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall.
He will end by destroying the earth. -- Albert... - Shhhh!
Listen to the bitstreams . . ... - A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow
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