I'm looking for a dictionary of the English language. I'm a collector of books so I'd be totally fine with buying two different dictionaries that perfectly complement each other. One of them should be able to serve as a pretty coffee table book. I think I already made my decision on that one. The 50th anniversary edition of The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language looks absolutely beautiful. What kind of dictionary is it? Is it a good source for etymology? And what dictionary would go well with it to encompass comprehensiveness, etymology and practical usage in two dictionaries? The OED is often lauded as the greatest dictionary. Should I get that one or would it be too similar in approach?

I was not able to find the meaning of this word on a dictionary app.

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I cannot find it in any dictionary.

I currently have two general English dictionaries that I use for my work, one is The American College Dictionary which is an old version of the Random House dictionary and the other is a more modern Canadian Oxford Dictionary. I used to use an American Heritage dictionary a lot in the past. I really like the layout and ease of reading of the College dictionary, but it is somewhat lacking when it comes to regional UK and Scots loanwords, and all of these dictionaries are stuffed with proper nouns, people and geographical names that are almost totally irrelevant to my usage that it slows down use. The Oxford dictionary is also pretty dodgy about providing stress and pronunciations.

Is there a good general English dictionary with a robust wordlist, especially concerning archaic and regional words, including pronunciation, that isn't fixated on puffing up headword count with proper nouns and modern IT terminology and slang?

My personal favorites are Vacillate and Obliterate

noun

hu·​bris | \ ˈhyü-brəs \

Definition

: exaggerated pride or self-confidence

Per Merriam-Webster

… then is the default chauvinist female?

If not, what's a word for when someone treats something as family?

I just like researching a bunch to see the most predictable result and if someone needs help

What did Kendrick lamar say again? "An information fetish"? It doesn't turn me on but it feels nice to know

Hello! I have a linguistics project going on where I’m looking for irregularly/strangely spelled words (especially loanwords) to regularize. Some great contenders have been words like: -Licure (liqueur) -Sourcrout (sauerkraut) -Merecat (meerkat) -Orderve (hors d'oeuvres) -Fiord (fjord) -Aquiess (acquiesce) -Gumbs (gums) -Shardenfroida (schadenfreude) -Goast (ghost) -Quisine (cuisine) -Ostridge (ostrich) -Saphire (sapphire) Thanks so much!

Can anyone post pictures of dictionary definitions of fascism over the last 30 years. Somone told me the woke changed them so I'm curious.

1 : marked by dissonance : DISCORDANT 2 : INCONGRUOUS 3 : harmonically unresolved

Just a word that came to mind under the presumptive ambrosia of the day post election

Hello,

Is there a word to describe when your eyes are happy e.g. you like watching certain movies because they are pretty and make your eyes happy. Is there one of those unique definition words for it?

Thank you!

If someone explains something in a way that makes it sound much more complex than it actually is, how would you describe that?

is Florida real?

I recently proposed to my girlfriend of 4 years and she said yes! Now we don’t plan on getting married for a few years but we’ve been discussing our wedding in passing. I’ve recently realized that my best friend who I want standing next to me at the altar is nonbinary and the term “best man” isn’t entirely accurate. Is there a genderless term for best man?

I'm currently writing one of my final assignments, part of it is explaining how the colon dash (:—), also known as dog's bollocks, is used. As far as I've searched, it was used to denote a pause, and there's an entry about it in the 1949's edition of the Oxford English Dictionary. Sadly, all my sources are Wikipedia, blogs or forums and I need a more reliable source for my assignment. I was able to look up only part of it without an OED subscription (neither my university nor library have it; I live in Mexico), but not the information I required. I would be very grateful if users with access to the dictionary would send me the entry about dog's bollocks in the 1949's edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.

I know it may be too much to ask, but I’ll be extremely grateful for any of your answers. Thanks!

is there any dictionary or dictionary and thesaurus(even better) learners book with literal,non phonetic or IPA pronunciation guide. similar to google if you type whats the pronounciation of a certain words. like this >> "contemperary" - pronounced as: kuhn·tem·pr·eh·ree. i swear i have a dictionary book like this when i was a child. but im not sure if its childrens dictionary or general. Thanks

Just a general question

Please and have a good day to whoever reads this

I saw someone recently, 100% confident, unabashedly say that the word "picnic" derived from "pick a N****!" and mid to late 19th century (likely unknowingly implied) lynchings.

For years, after inferring the deterioration on online dictionaries, (or rather, initially a shadow push for search engine owned sources), I noticed how most online dictionaries had become simple, quasi-second language dictionaries.

These dictionaries, like google's initial suggested answer, proved, multiple times, to be unreliable.

So, I began to rely upon m-w, in addition to collecting older, hard-copy dictionaries.

In general, I've mostly noticed confluence between oxford online; (though generally this has a bit more meat than others); tangible, older dictionaries; and m-w.com.

I felt floored, seeing the comparison of the current rhetorical de-jure word-twist (introduced above) with that of M-W, which, still mentions (glibly) Scottish and French background. Yet, M-W, and even the online Oxford dictionary omits the history going back to 1692.

The manner in which M-W currently presents the words gives credence to such spurious claims, with which I led this post.

The online Oxford dictionary modifies their 1966 etymological dictionary to just say "mid 1700's".

What exactly is going on here?

Has something new been discovered, which invalidates previous scholars who read and found examples of use in past text.

I'm reminded of a recent online conversation, in which I engaged, which laid claim to "it sucks" going back (based upon anecdotal claims) to "sucks D***", which school children used as a regular vernacular at the end of the 1960's.

(A deeper search found magazine usage of such a phrase going back to 1962; and some indicated, as such, that it is actually related to egg sucking or hind teet sucking (from former, related terminology).

I understand general indifference in regard to a subject as this; but I am confused by the dictionaries, themselves, modifying and omitting previous, sound information.

Has anyone else (logophile or otherwise) noticed stuff like this happening?

I'd submit a pictures but this forum doesn't seem to allow that.

Immolate - to completely destroy by means of fire hot enough to reduce anything affected to a molten state of matter.

Dictionaries that focuses on words of 8 parts of speech like pronouns-verbs-adjectives in its entirety/extensively.

I'm trying to explain to my girlfriend she doesn't have to buy me stuff for my birthday because I hate it when people spend money on me, I know she's trying to be sweet but I feel really guilty like I'm a waste of money.

Hi everyone, I hope this is the right subreddit for this question. I am taking a Classics class at University on Greek and Latin in the English language. A lot of our homework relates to understanding how to use a dictionary to find answers. For example, finding the meaning of the word based on the roots it is comprised of, finding the original language, etc. I have the online version of the OED (I paid for it) and I'm really confused on how to find the two things that I listed above and also the modern meaning of the word. Any advice would be appreciated!

I have always had an interest in certain jobs where there is a broad territory or physical area that you have to look after in some way. It frequently or regularly requires travel to random parts of that territory to examine certain physical aspects of it, or to make certain physical improvements.

Some examples might include:

1. Police officer/EMS/firefighter
2. Conservation worker/park ranger
3. Farmer
4. Surveyor
5. Many government positions that requires frequent travel around jurisdiction
6. Soldier in a war zone
7. Certain positions in engineering or construction
8. Chemical/power plant/factory operator
9. Building superintendent/Facilities staff/manager etc.
10. Landlord/employee of landlord

Is there a generally accepted name for this broad category of jobs?

What does the word "Cum" mean?

I swear i remember seeing it or hearing so many times but i cant find any proof of its existence. Pronounced stah-teh-ma And meaning a complex technological system