The Devil's Dictionary: Apostate

Updated May 14, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by Ambrose Bierce
APOLOGIZE
APOTHECARY

APOSTATE

-n.

A leech who, having penetrated the shell of a turtle only to find that the creature has long been dead, deems it expedient to form a new attachment to a fresh turtle.

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