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• RIBROASTER, n. Censorious language by oneself concerning another.
  The word is of classical refinement, and is even said to have been used in a fable by Georgius Coadjutor, one of the most fastidious writers of the fifteenth century -- commonly, indeed, regarded as the founder of the Fastidiotic School....
• IMBECILITY, n. A kind of divine inspiration, or sacred fire affecting censorious critics of this dictionary.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• LANGUAGE, n. The music with which we charm the serpents guarding another's treasure.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• ACCORD, n. Harmony. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• IMPUNITY, n. Wealth. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• TRUCE, n. Friendship. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• DICTIONARY, n. A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic.
  This dictionary, however, is a most useful work. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Admiration, n.: Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• AFFLICTION, n. An acclimatizing process preparing the soul for another and bitter world.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...