HYPOCRITE

n : One who, profe ing virtues that he does not respect, secures the advantage of seeming to be what he despises. I I is the first letter of the alphabet, the first word of the language, the first thought of the mind, the first object of affection. In grammar it is a pronoun of the first person and singular number. Its plural is said to be We, but how there can be more than one myself is doubtle clearer to the grammarians than it is to the author of this incomparable dictionary. Conception of two my selves is difficult, but fine. The frank yet graceful use of “I” distinguishes a good writer from a bad; the latter carries it with the manner of a thief trying to cloak his loot. IcHor, n. A fluid that serves the gods and godde es in place of blood. Fair Venus, speared by Diomed, Restrained the raging chief and said: “Behold, rash mortal, whom you’ve bled— Your soul’s stained white with ichor shed!” Mary Doke. ch010.xhtml i 150