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dictionary

noun
/ˈdɪk.ʃə.nə.ɹi/UK/ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/US/ˈɖɪkʃ(ə)nəri/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *déyḱeti Proto-Italic *deikō Classical Latin dīcō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Classical Latin -tiō Classical Latin dictiō Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsjos Classical Latin -ārius Classical Latin -ārium Medieval Latin dictiōnāriumlbor. Middle English dixionare English dictionary From Middle English dixionare, a learned borrowing from Medieval Latin dictiōnārium, from Latin dictiōnārius, from dictiō (“a speaking”), from dictus, perfect past participle of dīcō (“to speak”) + -ārium (“room, place”). By surface analysis, diction + -ary.

  1. derived from dictiōnārius
  2. derived from dictiōnārium
  3. inherited from dixionare

Definitions

  1. A reference work listing words or names from one or more languages, usually ordered…

    A reference work listing words or names from one or more languages, usually ordered alphabetically, explaining each word's meanings or senses, oftentimes also containing information on its etymology, pronunciation, usage, semantic relations, translations, as well as other relevant information.

    • If you want to know the meaning of a word, look it up in the dictionary.

  2. A reference work on a particular subject or activity in which the entries are arranged…

    A reference work on a particular subject or activity in which the entries are arranged alphabetically; an alphabetical encyclopedia.

    • a law dictionary
    • a dictionary of sports

  3. A person or thing regarded as a repository or compendium of information.

  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. The collection of words used or understood by a particular person

      The collection of words used or understood by a particular person; vocabulary.

    2. A synchronic dictionary of a standardised language held to only contain words that are…

      A synchronic dictionary of a standardised language held to only contain words that are properly part of the language.

      • Look it up in the dictionary, and what do you find?
      • By 1986 the name Walkman was included as a word in the English dictionary.

    3. An associative array, or a data structure where each value is referenced by a particular…

      An associative array, or a data structure where each value is referenced by a particular key, analogous to words and definitions in a dictionary (noun sense 1).

      • User calls RouteCollection.GetVirtualPath, passing in a RequestContext, a dictionary of values, and an optional route name used to select the correct route to generate the URL.

    4. To look up in a dictionary.

    5. To add to a dictionary.

      • By a reference to the following dictionaried abbreviations, the simplicity and harmony of each sentence will be manifestly apparent; although it does not embrace everything, and could not, as it would be far too voluminous for general use.
      • Should I use a word that a lot of people use but isn't in the dictionary? Uncle Phil would rather get a root canal than say he was scrapbooking, because the word isn't dictionaried.

    6. To compile a dictionary.

      • They [dictionary-makers] may have had their romance at home—may have been crossed in love, and thence driven to dictionarying; may have been involved in domestic tragedies—who can say?

    7. Nickname for a swot or studious person, or one who uses needlessly complicated words.

      • His friends called him "Dictionary." There were other names they called him that were far worse.
      • He won a scholarship to a prestigious British inspired secondary school, Government College in Umuahia, and also gained a reputation for knowledge in his home village, where they called him Dictionary.
      • Hillis Brown turned toward Simon and whispered, "Hey, DICtionary^([sic]), don't worry, just because you sing like Johnny doesn't mean you gotta be a faggot."

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Derived

antidictionary, dicktionary, dictionarial, dictionarian, dictionaric, dictionarily, dictionarist, dictionarization, dictionary attack, dictionary attacker, dictionary definition, dictionaryese, dictionary form, dictionaryless, dictionarylike, dictionary-monger, fictionary, have swallowed a dictionary, hyperdictionary, interdictionary, long-haired dictionary, minidictionary, multidictionary, nondictionary, Pictionary, pillow dictionary, predictionary, sleeping dictionary, superdictionary, swallow the dictionary, walking dictionary, undictionaried

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at dictionary. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at dictionary. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at dictionary

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA