HARANGUE, n. A speech by an opponent, who is known as an harrangue-
outang.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
outang.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
Related:
- BILLINGSGATE, n. The invective of an opponent.
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Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - EPICURE, n. An opponent of Epicurus, an abstemious philosopher who,
holding that pleasure should be the chief aim of man... - RAREBIT, n. A Welsh rabbit, in the speech of the humorless,
who point out that it is not a rabbit. To whom it... - ORATORY, n. A conspiracy between speech and action to cheat the
understanding.
A tyranny tempered by stenography. -- Ambrose Bierce... - ACCORD, n. Harmony.
-- Ambrose Bierce,
"The Devil's... - IMPUNITY, n. Wealth.
-- Ambrose Bierce,
"The Devil's... - TRUCE, n. Friendship.
-- Ambrose Bierce,
"The Devil's... - A man is known by the company that he organizes.
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Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - Brain, v. [as in "to brain"]: To rebuke bluntly, but not pointedly;
to dispel a source of error in an opponent. -- Ambrose...
