ACEPHALOUS, Adj. In The Surprising Condition Of The Crusader Who Absently Pulled At His Forelock Some Hours After A Saracen Scimitar Had

HomeFortune CookiesMiscellaneous Collections

ACEPHALOUS, adj. In the surprising condition of the Crusader who
absently pulled at his forelock some hours after a Saracen scimitar
had, unconsciously to him, passed through his neck, as related by de
Joinville.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

Related: