Feast, n. A festival. A religious celebration usually signalized by gluttony and drunkenness, frequently in honor of some holy person distinguished for abstemiousness.

PLEBEIAN, n. An ancient Roman who in the blood of his country stained nothing but his hands. Distinguished from the Patrician, who was a saturated solution.

Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.

It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes him feel better.

PHYSIOGNOMY, n. The art of determining the character of another by the resemblances and differences between his face and our own, which is the standard of excellence.

DEGRADATION, n. One of the stages of moral and social progress from private station to political preferment.

IMBECILITY, n. A kind of divine inspiration, or sacred fire affecting censorious critics of this dictionary.