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NOVEMBER, n.
The eleventh twelfth of a weariness.
Source: THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY (1911) by AMBROSE BIERCE
barre, barre de bois horizontale fixée au mur dans une salle d'exercice (de répétition) qui sert de support à un danseur pour réaliser ses exercices d'assouplissement, tout danseur de danse classique commence sa séance à la barre qui est généralement placée face à un miroir pour pouvoir vérifier les mouvements effectués
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PANTHEISM, n.
The doctrine that everything is God, in contradistinction to the doctrine that God is everything.
Source: THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY (1911) by AMBROSE BIERCE
PANTOMIME, n.
A play in which the story is told without violence to the language. The least disagreeable form of dramatic action.
Source: THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY (1911) by AMBROSE BIERCE
PARDON, v.
To remit a penalty and restore to the life of crime. To add to the lure of crime the temptation of ingratitude.
Source: THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY (1911) by AMBROSE BIERCE
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PASTIME, n.
A device for promoting dejection. Gentle exercise for intellectual debility.
Source: THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY (1911) by AMBROSE BIERCE
PATRIOT, n.
One to whom the interests of a part seem superior to those of the whole. The dupe of statesmen and the tool of conquerors.
Source: THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY (1911) by AMBROSE BIERCE
NOTORIETY, n.
The fame of one's competitor for public honors. The kind of renown most accessible and acceptable to mediocrity. A
Jacob's-ladder leading to the vaudeville stage, with angels ascending and descending.
Source: THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY (1911) by AMBROSE BIERCE