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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ii
adjective: being one more than one; "he received two messages" [syn: {two}, {2}]
noun: the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number [syn: {two}, {2}, {deuce}]
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
II., De Clem._, and C. Stantatus, _De Temperamente_) if it is not a god; and as such we know it was worshiped by the Etruscans, and, if we may believe Macrobious, by the Cupasians also. Of the only two animals admitted into the Mahometan Paradise along with the souls of men, the ass that carried Balaam is one, the dog of the Seven Sleepers the other. This is no small distinction. From what has been written about this beast might be compiled a library of great splendor and magnitude, rivalling that of the Shakespearean cult, and that which clusters about the Bible. It may be said, generally, that all literature is more or less Asinine.
"Hail, holy Ass!" the quiring angels sing; "Priest of Unreason, and of Discords King!" Great co-Creator, let Thy glory shine: God made all else, the Mule, the Mule is thine!" G.J.
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