Backbite: To ''speak of a man as you find him'' when he can't find you.
An absolute monarchy is one in which the sovereign does as he pleases so long as he pleases the assassins.
PRESENTABLE, adj. Hideously appareled after the manner of the time and place.
Kiss. n. A word invented by the poets as a rhyme for "bliss".
Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.
Feast, n. A festival. A religious celebration usually signalized by gluttony and drunkenness, frequently in honor of some holy person distinguished for abstemiousness.