Over several years these were compiled for a mock dictionary, originally published in 1906 as The Cynic s Word Book and reissued in an expanded version as The Devil's Dictionary in 1911.One of the most popular satirical works of world literature, The Devil s Dictionary here enriched with over 800 definitions left out from the original publications brilliantly lays bare the hypocrisies of American society and displays a razor-sharp wit to rival that of Bierce s contemporary Mark Twain.