The Devil's Dictionary: Emotion

Updated May 14, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by Ambrose Bierce
EMBALM
ENCOMIAST

EMOTION

-n.

A prostrating disease caused by a determination of the heart to the head. It is sometimes accompanied by a copious discharge of hydrated chloride of sodium from the eyes.

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