QUIXOTIC, adj. Absurdly chivalric, like Don Quixote. An insight into t…

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QUIXOTIC, adj. Absurdly chivalric, like Don Quixote. An insight into the beauty and excellence of this incomparable adjective is unhappily denied to him who has the misfortune to know that the gentleman's name is pronounced Ke-ho-tay. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2009). The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition, p.285, ReadHowYouWant.com
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Women in love are less ashamed than men. They have less to be ashamed of. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.56, 谷月社
A certain nervous disorder afflicting the young and inexperienced. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2011). Ambrose Bierce: The Devil's Dictionary, Tales, and Memoirs: The Devil's Dictionary, Tales, and Memoirs, p.8 … ▶
CLERGYMAN, n. A man who undertakes the management of our spiritual affairs as a method of better his temporal ones. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2009). The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition, … ▶
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