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[marlow]

So, I've been using the Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary for a few years now. I bought it because it is reasonably priced, and has most words, as well as a decent etymology for each word.

I tend to consult dictionaries often. This week I stumped it twice, though, while reading Hesse in translation. The dictionary didn't have "fewmets" or "varinga". I found out what they mean over the internet, but I think I have to get a new dictionary.

Not wanting to shell out for the complete OED, what is a really thorough and high quality dictionary at a reasonable price?

[schwa]

I'm a fan of obscure words too. I dont think theres a perfect answer to your question. A definitive hardcopy dictionary is necessarily going to be expensive & unwieldy.

I use a Concise OED I bought locally, supplemented (frequently) with internet searches.

By the way, do you know www.etymonline.com ? Wonderful resource for logophiles.

[baldrick]

Does it have 'mattoid'?

[Bee Positive]

Try

http://www.onelook.com .

It's the only dictionary you'll ever need. (Almost.)



BEE POSITIVE

[marlow]

[jajdude]

I read an interesting word today in the IHT newpaper...

crapulosities

I haven't looked it up yet, but what a word!

It was in an article by Paul Theroux called "The rock star's burden"
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"Just a few years ago you couldn't buy condoms legally in Ireland, nor could you get a divorce, though (just like in Malawi) buckets of beer were easily available and unruly crapulosities a national curse."
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It was an intersting article.

[BigBuds]

Varinga.........isn't that the first version of Viagra

[antoniothegreat]

[igotthisguitar]

Without LATIN or GREEK roots English dictionaries are really quite secondary

[schwa]