The Devil's Dictionary: Kiss

Updated May 14, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by Ambrose Bierce
KING'S EVIL
KLEPTOMANIAC

KISS

-n.

A word invented by the poets as a rhyme for "bliss." It is supposed to signify, in a general way, some kind of rite or ceremony appertaining to a good understanding; but the manner of its performance is unknown to this lexicographer.

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