The Foolish Dictionary Words starting with E

ENTHUSIAST : One who preaches four times as much as he believes and believes four times as much as a sane man ought to.
EPITAPH : A statement that usually lies above about the one who lies beneath.
EQUATOR : An imaginary line around the earth. Recently held by J. P. Morgan.
ERR : To make a mistake.
ERRATIC : Full of mistakes.

ETHER : One of the world's three great composers--the others being Gas and Chloroform--whose airs are popular among the suffering.
ETIQUETTE : A convenient code of conduct which makes Lying a virtue and Snobbishness a righteous deed.
EVOLUTION : A clever trick performed by one Darwin, who made a monkey of Adam.
EXCURSION : From ex, former, and Grk. kairo, to enjoy. Hence, a tiresome journey--formerly an enjoyment--sold at half price.
EXERCISE : Bodily exertion requiring a $10,000 gymnasium, a ten-acre lot and impossible raiment. Originally confined to the wash-tub and the wood-pile.

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