Legacy, N. A Gift From One Who

Lexicographer, N. A Pestilent Fellow Who, Under The Pretense Of Recording Some Particular Stage In The Development Of A Language, Does What He Can To Arrest Its Growth, Stiffen Its Flexibility And Mechanize Its Methods.

Envy, N. Emulation Adapted To The Meanest Capacity.

A Popular Character In Old Italian Plays, Who Imitated With Ludicrous Incompetence The "buffone", Or Clown, And Was Therefore The Ape Of An Ape; For The Clown Himself Imitated The Serious Characters Of The Play.

Beggar, N. One Who Has Relied On The Assistance Of His Friends.

Inexpedient: Not Calculated To Advance One's Interests.