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Lord Cadde

A recurring voice and self-styled authority whose mock-scholarly digressions turn definitions into miniature essays on appetite, faith, and the digestive origins of love.

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Also known as Cadde, himself

First appearance: the devil s dictionary

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Lord Cadde surfaces across the Dictionary as a narrator and cited authority, the kind of figure who footnotes himself and treats intestinal gases as a serious subject for a monograph. He embodies the book's habit of…

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CHChristDEDeathBBZEZealGHGeneral H. H. …LCLord Cadde

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  • Diverse satirical cast
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  • Escalation
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