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