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Discussion Groups / ESL Teaching / October 2004best dictionary for this use?
We have several dictionaries, but probably 1/4 or more of the words I look up are not in there. I read a lot and like to look up any word I am not totally sure of. Because I have been reading and looking up words my entire adult life, the words I look up tend to be unusual or rarely used words. Sometimes, they are derivatives of foreign words or phrases. We do have a hardcover Webster's 3rd New International in the living room and that one is better when I can use it. But .It is so large and heavy that it is not practical beside the bed, in the truck, camping etc. Anyone have any ideas? Is there a dictionary that has obscure, lesser used words and foreign derivatives and leaves out the majority of common English words that I would never have to look up? > We have several dictionaries, but probably 1/4 or more of the words I > look up are not in there. I read a lot and like to look up any word I [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > used words and foreign derivatives and leaves out the majority of > common English words that I would never have to look up? Just do a google search for the word. That usually brings up dictionary/encyclopedia definitions. I need something for when I am not on the computer. Thing is that a big coffee table dictionary with 500,000 words probably contains 300,000 words that the average person would never need to look up. (like all the words in this post). A well read person would probably never need 400,000 of those words. If I could take a dictionary with 600,000 words and edit it to only the 200,000 less common words, I would have exactly what I want! > Just do a google search for the word. That usually > brings up dictionary/encyclopedia definitions. > Anyone have any ideas? Is there a dictionary that has obscure, lesser > used words and foreign derivatives and leaves out the majority of > common English words that I would never have to look up? D'you mean a dictionary full of bodaciously difficult words and sesquipedalian terms of the sort which gives the fantods to cruciverbalists and makes atrabilious people more prone to cacography? ;-) [Just lollygagging!] http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/dictionaries/difficultwords/ http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/index.htm Cute! But... that is exactly what I want. A dictionary with these and only these types of words. If I get a dictionary with most of the obscure words I need to look up, it is too big to keep in the car or by the bed. > > Anyone have any ideas? Is there a dictionary that has obscure, lesser > > used words and foreign derivatives and leaves out the majority of [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/index.htm |
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