The Devil's Dictionary: Meander

Updated May 14, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by Ambrose Bierce
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MEANDER

-n.

To proceed sinuously and aimlessly. The word is the ancient name of a river about one hundred and fifty miles south of Troy, which turned and twisted in the effort to get out of hearing when the Greeks and Trojans boasted of their prowess.

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