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The Cynic's Word Book

 

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X n. X in our alphabet being a needless letter has an added invincibility to the attacks of the spelling reformers, and like them, will doubtless last as long as the language. X is the sacred symbol of ten dollars, and in such words as Xmas, Xn, etc., stands for Christ, not, as is popular supposed, because it represents a cross, but because the corresponding letter in the Greek alphabet is the initial of his name --Xristos. If it represented a cross it would stand for St. Andrew, who "testified" upon one of that shape. In the algebra of psychology x stands for Woman's mind. Words beginning with X are Grecian and will not be defined in this standard English dictionary.
 
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Eurypterus : n. A genus of extinct Merostomata, found in Silurian rocks. Some of the species are more than three feet long.
 
The Cynic's Word Book by Ambrose Bierce published in 1906 and 1911.
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