--- title: "8 Definitions Quotes By Ambrose Bierce" description: "8 Definitions quotes by Ambrose Bierce. Plus more from Ambrose Bierce and more Definitions sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26c/ambrose-bierce-140_cooking_hash-there-is-no-definition-for-this-wor_237587.jpg" --- > [HASH: There is no definition for this word - nobody knows what hash is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/hash-there-is-no-definition-for-this-word-nobody-knows-what-hash-is/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26c/ambrose-bierce-140_cooking_hash-there-is-no-definition-for-this-wor_237587.jpg) > [ART, n. This word has no definition. Its origin is related by the ingenious Father Gassalasca Jape as "One day a wag…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/art-n-this-word-has-no-definition-its-origin-is-related-by-the/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef5/ambrose-bierce-140_art_art-n-this-word-has-no-definition-its-or_722787.jpg) > [Hash, x. There is no definition for this word - nobody knows what hash is. Famous, adj. Conspicuously miserable. Dictionary, n. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/hash-x-there-is-no-definition-for-this-word-nobody-knows-what-hash-is/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c26/ambrose-bierce-140_definitions_hash-x-there-is-no-definition-for-this-w_880072.jpg) > [FORCE, n. "Force is but might," the teacher said p/ "That definition's just."/ The boy said naught but throught instead,/ Remembering his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/force-n-force-is-but-might-the-teacher-said-p-that-definition-s-just/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/882/ambrose-bierce-140_boys_force-n-force-is-but-might-the-teacher-s_1751330.jpg) > [Definition: CONNOISSEUR, n. A specialist who knows everything about something and nothing about anything else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/definition-connoisseur-n-a-specialist-who-knows-everything-about/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91a/ambrose-bierce-140_connoisseur_definition-connoisseur-n-a-specialist-wh_1966365.jpg) > [art, n. This word has no definition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/art-n-this-word-has-no-definition/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c6/ambrose-bierce-140_art_art-n-this-word-has-no-definition-211318_2113184.jpg) > [MAGNETISM, n. Something acting upon a magnet. The two definitions immediately foregoing are condensed from the works of one thousand eminent scientists,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/magnetism-n-something-acting-upon-a-magnet-the-two-definitions/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cc/ambrose-bierce-140_acting_magnetism-n-something-acting-upon-a-magn_2333206.jpg) > [The quality that distinguishes love without knowledge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/the-quality-that-distinguishes-love-without-knowledge/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09c/ambrose-bierce-140_ardor_the-quality-that-distinguishes-love-with_2614937.jpg) ## Other authors on Definitions ## More by Ambrose Bierce > [OBSESSED, p.p. Vexed by an evil spirit, like the Gadarene swine and other critics. Obsession was once more common than it is now. Arasthus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/obsessed-p-p-vexed-by-an-evil-spirit-like-the-gadarene-swine-and/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) > [DECIDE, v.i. To succumb to the preponderance of one set of influences over another set.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/decide-v-i-to-succumb-to-the-preponderance-of-one-set-of-influences/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) > [IMMORAL, adj. Inexpedient. Whatever in the long run and with regard to the greater number of instances men find to be generally inexpedient comes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/immoral-adj-inexpedient-whatever-in-the-long-run-and-with-regard-to/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) > [REVIEW, v.t. To set your wisdom (holding not a doubt of it./ Although in truth there's neither bone nor skin to it)/ At work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/review-v-t-to-set-your-wisdom-holding-not-a-doubt-of-it-although-in/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) > [CLOCK, n. A machine of great moral value to man, allaying his concern for the future by reminding him what a lot of time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/clock-n-a-machine-of-great-moral-value-to-man-allaying-his-concern/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) > [RUBBISH, n. Worthless matter, such as the religions, philosophies, literatures, arts and sciences of the tribes infesting the regions lying due south from Boreaplas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/rubbish-n-worthless-matter-such-as-the-religions-philosophies/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) > [There was never a genius who was not thought a fool until he disclosed himself; whereas he is a fool then only.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/there-was-never-a-genius-who-was-not-thought-a-fool-until-he/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) > [Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/telephone-n-an-invention-of-the-devil-which-abrogates-some-of-the/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) > [WHANGDEPOOTENAWAH, n. In the Ojibwa tongue, disaster; an unexpected affliction that strikes hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/whangdepootenawah-n-in-the-ojibwa-tongue-disaster-an-unexpected/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) > [Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/jealous-adj-unduly-concerned-about-the-preservation-of-that-which-can/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) > [RIDICULE, n. Words designed to show that the person of whom they are uttered is devoid of the dignity of character distinguishing him who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/ridicule-n-words-designed-to-show-that-the-person-of-whom-they-are/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) > [Think twice before you speak to a friend in need](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/think-twice-before-you-speak-to-a-friend-in-need/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) > [HERMIT, n. A person whose vices and follies are not sociable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/hermit-n-a-person-whose-vices-and-follies-are-not-sociable/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) > [TARIFF, n. A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his consumer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/tariff-n-a-scale-of-taxes-on-imports-designed-to-protect-the-domestic/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) > [A bad marriage is like an electrical thrilling machine: it makes you dance, but you can't let go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/a-bad-marriage-is-like-an-electrical-thrilling-machine-it-makes-you/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/definitions/ambrose-bierce/#itemlist", "name": "8 Definitions Quotes By Ambrose Bierce", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "HASH: There is no definition for this word - nobody knows what hash is.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ambrose Bierce" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/hash-there-is-no-definition-for-this-word-nobody-knows-what-hash-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26c/ambrose-bierce-140_cooking_hash-there-is-no-definition-for-this-wor_237587.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26c/ambrose-bierce-140_cooking_hash-there-is-no-definition-for-this-wor_237587.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26c/ambrose-bierce-140_cooking_hash-there-is-no-definition-for-this-wor_237587.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“HASH: There is no definition for this word - nobody knows what hash is.” — Ambrose Bierce", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "ART, n. 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