print email comment close The Devil's Dictionary URL: http://www.alcyone.com/max/lit/devils/ Description: This edition of the cynically humorous reference work by Ambrose Bierce is preceded with the useful caveat, "there will no doubt be material here that you will find sexist, nationalist, racist, or just generally offensive." Nevertheless, much to browse in this classic, first published in 1906, such as this definition of the term pantomime : "a play in which the story is told without violence to the language." Author: Bierce, Ambrose Publisher: West, Aloysius Library of Congress Subject Headings: American wit and humor Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914? English language -- Dictionaries -- Humor LII Database Information: Record 9693 created by Karen Schneider on 12/12/2001 Last modification on 12/20/2001 Published: 12/12/2001   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/9693