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• JEALOUS, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• CARNIVOROUS, adj. Addicted to the cruelty of devouring the timorous vegetarian, his heirs and assigns.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• PRECIPITATE, adj. Anteprandial. Precipitate in all, this sinner Took action first, and then his dinner.
• RETALIATION, n. The natural rock upon which is reared the Temple of Law.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• HERS, pron. His. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• MORE, adj. The comparative degree of too much. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• Truthful, adj.: Dumb and illiterate. -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
• Positive, adj.: Mistaken at the top of one's voice.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Truthful, adj.: Dumb and illiterate.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...