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• PLATONIC, adj. Pertaining to the philosophy of Socrates.
  Platonic Love is a fool's name for the affection between a disability and a frost....
• RESIDENT, adj. Unable to leave. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• DEFENCELESS, adj. Unable to attack. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• SYMBOLIC, adj. Pertaining to symbols and the use and interpretation of symbols.
  They say 'tis conscience feels compunction; I hold that that's the stomach's function, For of the sinner I have noted That when he's sinned he's somewhat bloated, Or ill some other ghastly fashion Within that bowel of compassion....
• MALTHUSIAN, adj. Pertaining to Malthus and his doctrines.
  Malthus believed in artificially limiting population, but found that it could not be done by talking....
• OFFENSIVE, adj. Generating disagreeable emotions or sensations, as the advance of an army against its enemy.
  "Were the enemy's tactics offensive?" the king asked....
• LOQUACITY, n. A disorder which renders the sufferer unable to curb his tongue when you wish to talk.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• PERIPATETIC, adj. Walking about. Relating to the philosophy of Aristotle, who, while expounding it, moved from place to place in order to avoid his pupil's objections.
  A needless precaution -- they knew no more of the matter than he....
• Ambidextrous, adj.: Able to pick with equal skill a right-hand pocket or a left.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...