Ambrose Bierce quote about language from The Devil's Dictionary - DICTIONARY, n. A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic.
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“ DICTIONARY, n. A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic. ”
 Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary (1906). copy citation

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Author Ambrose Bierce
Source The Devil's Dictionary
Topic language literature dictionary
Date 1906
Language English
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Ambrose Bierce quote about language from The Devil's Dictionary - DICTIONARY, n. A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic.
Ambrose Bierce quote about language from The Devil's Dictionary - DICTIONARY, n. A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic.