what an idiot
2007-08-25 00:44:05 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
You need to get a better edition of the big book of word meanings.
Online Etymology Dictionary
dictionary -
1526, from M.L. dictionarium "collection of words and phrases," from L. dictionarius "of words," from dictio "word." Probably first Eng. use in title of a book was in Sir Thomas Elyot's "Latin Dictionary" (1538) though L. Dictionarius was so used from c.1225.
dictionary
noun
a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them
2007-08-25 01:51:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A dictionary is a big book of word meanings !
2007-08-25 00:59:00 · answer #2 · answered by Beardo 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your big book of word meanings itself is Dictionary!
2007-08-25 01:17:32 · answer #3 · answered by SRIRANGAM G 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hi Crispy...
It's a book containing a selection of the words of a language, usually arranged alphabetically, giving information about their meanings, pronunciations, etymologies, inflected forms, etc., expressed in either the same or another language.
At times, its a beacon of light, in a world filled with darkness.
Touche
2007-08-25 02:23:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A book that contain a list of words in alphabetical order with their meanings explained or written in another language.
2007-08-25 10:45:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
dictionary is the compilation of all the words used by the people across the word (actually that was my own definition of dictionary)
2007-08-25 00:50:41 · answer #6 · answered by Danica F 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word "Dictionary" means a book of diction, ie how words are pronunced. It does not ordinarily give meanings to words.
2007-08-25 02:44:22 · answer #7 · answered by bottle babe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why use a dictionary and you will find the meaning in its' true meaning.
2007-08-25 03:24:47 · answer #8 · answered by kalabalu 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them
lexicon
wordbook
reference book
2007-08-25 04:00:28 · answer #9 · answered by mystic_chez 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word "dictionary" means "book of words" and comes from medieval Latin - dictionarium manuale or dictionarius liber.
2007-08-25 01:00:46 · answer #10 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋