J, n. A consonant in English, but some nations use it as a vowel . . .…

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J, n. A consonant in English, but some nations use it as a vowel . . . from a Latin verb, jacere, to throw, because when a stone is thrown at a dog the dog's tail assumes that shape. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.115, 谷月社
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RUIN, v. To destroy. Specifically, to destroy a maid's belief in the virtue of maids. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2012). The Devil's Dictionary, p.110, Courier Corporation
Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others. ✨ Cynic's Word Book (1906) p. 56
Infidel, n. In New York, one who does not believe in the Christian religion; in Constantinople, one who does. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.106, 谷月社
DEGRADATION, n. One of the stages of moral and social progress from private station to political preferment. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.43, 谷月社
POSITIVISM- A philosophy that denies our knowledge of the Real and affirms our ignorance of the Apparent. Its longest exponent is Comte, its broadest Mill and its thickest Spencer. ✨ Ambrose Bierce ( … ▶

J, n. A consonant in English, but some nations use it as a vowel . . . from a Latin verb, jacere, to throw, because when a stone is thrown at a dog the dog's tail assumes that shape. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.115, 谷月社

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