单词 | dictionary word |
释义 | > as lemmasdictionary word dictionary word n. (a) a word which may be found in a dictionary, a valid word; (b) a word which has been listed in a dictionary but which is rarely or never used, an obscure or recondite word. ΚΠ 1602 S. Sturtevant Dibre Adam (title page) A rare and new invention... Where..al the Dictionarie words of the Language of Canaan are truly represented, and cleerely written. 1721 tr. T. Le Fèvre Compendious Way teaching Learned Langs. 65 Bewildring themselves in a Labyrinth of Dictionary-Words, of very different Significations, tho' of the same Sounds, for want of Skill to make shoice of such as are proper for their purpose. 1794 W. B. Stevens Jrnl. 19 Nov. (1965) 206 He seems to be quandaryed (that's not a dictionary word I believe). 1831 L. E. Landon Romance & Reality I. xiv. 125 As I once heard a little child say, ‘Oh, mamma, I always speak to Mrs. S. in such dictionary words!’ 1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma i. 1 His fine dictionary words and laboured expletives. 1946 Time 2 Dec. 31/2 [They] prefer meaningless combinations of letters to dictionary words. 2003 J. Anward in C. Goodwin Conversation & Brain Damage viii. 196 If the actual word is not a dictionary word, only phonological similarity is held to be relevant. < as lemmas |
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