The Devil's Dictionary: Curse

Updated May 14, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by Ambrose Bierce
CURIOSITY
CYNIC

CURSE

-v.t.

Energetically to belabor with a verbal slap-stick. This is an operation which in literature, particularly in the drama, is commonly fatal to the victim. Nevertheless, the liability to a cursing is a risk that cuts but a small figure in fixing the rates of life insurance.

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