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Panzini, Alfredo

(Encyclopedia) Panzini, AlfredoPanzini, Alfredoälfrĕˈdō päntsēˈnē [key], 1863–1939, Italian novelist and lexicographer; pupil of Giosuè Carducci. He taught in secondary schools. His genial, popular…

Robert the Devil

(Encyclopedia) Robert the Devil, hero of a medieval legend. He was sold to the devil by his mother before his birth but upon discovering the fact did penance and was able to purify himself of his…

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(Encyclopedia) dictionary, published list, in alphabetical order, of the words of a language. In monolingual dictionaries the words are explained and defined in the same language; in bilingual…

The Devil's Dictionary: Dictionary

by Ambrose Bierce DICTATORDIEDICTIONARY -n. A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic. This dictionary, however, is a most useful…

The Devil's Dictionary: A

by Ambrose Bierce Author's PrefaceBAABASEMENTABATISABDICATIONABDOMENABILITYABNORMALABORIGINIESABRACADABRA.…

The Devil's Dictionary: B

by Ambrose Bierce ACBBAALBABE or BABYBACCHUSBACKBACKBITEBAITBAPTISMBAROMETERBARRACKBASILISKBASTINADOBATHBATTLEBEARDBEAUTYBEFRIENDBEGBEGGARBEHAVIORBELLADONNABENEDICTINESBENEFACTORBERENICE'S…