865 Quotations with Common.
- 61. Ambrose Bierce: FLY-SPECK, n. The prototype of punctuation. It is observed by Garvinus that the ...
- 62. Ambrose Bierce: FOREFINGER, n. The finger commonly used in pointing out two malefactors.
- 63. Ambrose Bierce: FRIENDLESS, adj. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to u ...
- 64. Ambrose Bierce: GARGOYLE, n. A rain-spout projecting from the eaves of mediaeval buildings, comm ...
- 65. Ambrose Bierce: GHOST, n. The outward and visible sign of an inward fear.
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- 66. Ambrose Bierce: GHOUL, n. A demon addicted to the reprehensible habit of devouring the dead. The ...
- 67. Ambrose Bierce: GNOME, n. In North-European mythology, a dwarfish imp inhabiting the interior pa ...
- 68. Ambrose Bierce: HAND, n. A singular instrument worn at the end of the human arm and commonly thr ...
- 69. Ambrose Bierce: HURRICANE, n. An atmospheric demonstration once very common but now generally ab ...
- 70. Ambrose Bierce: IMPALE, v.t. In popular usage to pierce with any weapon which remains fixed in t ...
- 71. Ambrose Bierce: IMPOSITION, n. The act of blessing or consecrating by the laying on of hands -- ...
- 72. Ambrose Bierce: INCOME, n. The natural and rational gauge and measure of respectability, the com ...
- 73. Ambrose Bierce: INTERREGNUM, n. The period during which a monarchical country is governed by a w ...
- 74. Ambrose Bierce: INTIMACY, n. A relation into which fools are providentially drawn for their mutu ...
- 75. Ambrose Bierce: JESTER, n. An officer formerly attached to a king's household, whose business it ...
- 76. Ambrose Bierce: KING, n. A male person commonly known in America as a "crowned head," although h ...
- 77. Ambrose Bierce: LONGEVITY, n. Uncommon extension of the fear of death.
- 78. Ambrose Bierce: LORE, n. Learning -- particularly that sort which is not derived from a regular ...
- 79. Ambrose Bierce: MEEKNESS, n. Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.
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- 80. Ambrose Bierce: MONOSYLLABIC, adj. Composed of words of one syllable, for literary babes who nev ...
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