The Devil's Dictionary: Anoint

Updated May 14, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by Ambrose Bierce
AMNESTY
ANTIPATHY

ANOINT

-v.t.

To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.

As sovereigns are anointed by the priesthood,
So pigs to lead the populace are greased good.

-Judibras

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