1*46439007SCharles.Forsyth<?xml version="1.0"?> 2*46439007SCharles.Forsyth<!DOCTYPE package PUBLIC "+//ISBN 0-9673008-1-9//DTD OEB 1.0 Package//EN" 3*46439007SCharles.Forsyth "http://openebook.org/dtds/oeb-1.0/oebdoc1.dtd"> 4*46439007SCharles.Forsyth<html> 5*46439007SCharles.Forsyth<head> 6*46439007SCharles.Forsyth<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/x-oeb1-document; charset=utf-8" /> 7*46439007SCharles.Forsyth<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/x-oeb1-css" href="devil.css" /> 8*46439007SCharles.Forsyth<title>The Devil’s Dictionary: X</title> 9*46439007SCharles.Forsyth</head> 10*46439007SCharles.Forsyth<body lang="en-US"> 11*46439007SCharles.Forsyth 12*46439007SCharles.Forsyth 13*46439007SCharles.Forsyth<h1>X</h1> 14*46439007SCharles.Forsyth 15*46439007SCharles.Forsyth<p class="firstpara">X in our alphabet being a needless letter has an added invincibility to the attacks of the 16*46439007SCharles.Forsythspelling reformers, and like them, will doubtless last as long as the language. 17*46439007SCharles.ForsythX is the sacred symbol of ten dollars, and in such words as Xmas, Xn, etc., 18*46439007SCharles.Forsythstands for Christ, not, as is popular supposed, because it represents a cross, 19*46439007SCharles.Forsythbut because the corresponding letter in the Greek alphabet is the initial of 20*46439007SCharles.Forsythhis name—<i>Xristos</i>. If it represented a cross it would stand for St. Andrew, who “testified” upon one of 21*46439007SCharles.Forsyththat shape. In the algebra of psychology x stands for Woman’s mind. Words 22*46439007SCharles.Forsythbeginning with X are Grecian and will not be defined in this standard English dictionary.</p> 23*46439007SCharles.Forsyth 24*46439007SCharles.Forsyth</body> 25*46439007SCharles.Forsyth</html>