(Encyclopedia) caste [Port., casta=basket], ranked groups based on heredity within rigid systems of social stratification, especially those that constitute Hindu India. Some scholars, in fact, deny…
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by Ambrose Bierce KNIGHTKORAN -n. A book which the Mohammedans foolishly believe to have been written by divine inspiration, but which Christians know to be a wicked imposture,…
by Ambrose Bierce MISDEMEANORMISFORTUNEMISERICORDE -n. A dagger which in mediaeval warfare was used by the foot soldier to remind an unhorsed knight that he was mortal.
Scene IIIAnother part of the forestAlarum. Excursions. Enter Falstaff and Colevile, meetingFalstaffWhat's your name, sir? of what condition are you, and of what place, I pray?ColevileI am a…
by Ambrose Bierce RESPITERESPONDRESPLENDENT -adj. Like a simple American citizen beduking himself in his lodge, or affirming his consequence in the Scheme of Things as an elemental unit of…
actorBorn: October 17, 1974Birthplace: Norfolk, EnglandBest Known as: Mr. Darcy in 2005's Pride and Prejudice The son of an actress and drama teacher,…
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