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Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.35 — 1,232 ratings — published 1948
Oxford Dictionary of English (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.04 — 5,871 ratings — published 2004
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.33 — 2,841 ratings — published 1843
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.84 — 123,693 ratings — published 1998
The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 11,181 ratings — published 1911
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.42 — 931 ratings — published 1870
A Dictionary of Modern English Usage (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 1,065 ratings — published 1926
Collins Robert French Dictionary: French-English English-French (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 227 ratings — published 1978
The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.19 — 619 ratings — published 1982
The Dictionary of Lost Words (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.01 — 200,151 ratings — published 2020
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.40 — 739 ratings — published 1970
Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.50 — 111 ratings — published 1988
A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (Medieval Academy Reprints for Teaching, #14)
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avg rating 3.92 — 236 ratings — published 1894
The Oxford Classical Dictionary (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.64 — 286 ratings — published 2003
The Penguin Dictionary of Symbols (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.35 — 793 ratings — published 1982
Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 9,484 ratings — published 2017
The New Oxford American Dictionary (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.90 — 9,184 ratings — published 1962
Concise Oxford English Dictionary (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.45 — 342 ratings — published 1911
Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.48 — 133 ratings — published 2009
The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.32 — 1,432 ratings — published
Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.18 — 616 ratings — published 1852
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.44 — 6,542 ratings — published 2018
Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words: A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as dictionaries)
avg rating 3.89 — 3,254 ratings — published 1984
Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as dictionaries)
avg rating 3.92 — 561 ratings — published 1811
The Oxford English Dictionary (20 Vol. Set in 5 boxes)
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avg rating 4.71 — 221 ratings — published 1933
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as dictionaries)
avg rating 4.30 — 688 ratings — published 1977
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.43 — 189 ratings — published 1994
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as dictionaries)
avg rating 4.22 — 362 ratings — published 1990
Bryson's Dictionary for Writers and Editors (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.88 — 534 ratings — published 2008
Vine's Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words: With Topical Index (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as dictionaries)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,588 ratings — published 1981
The Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition (VOLUME 13)
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avg rating 4.33 — 12 ratings — published 2001
Arabic English Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic (English and Arabic Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as dictionaries)
avg rating 4.51 — 339 ratings — published 1961
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.39 — 83 ratings — published 1978
The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 5,329 ratings — published 2003
The Chambers Dictionary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as dictionaries)
avg rating 4.55 — 152 ratings — published 1901
The Penguin Dictionary of Classical Mythology (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 596 ratings — published 1951
The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.22 — 144 ratings — published 1966
Shakespeare's Words: A Glossary and Language Companion (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.42 — 370 ratings — published 2002
The Highly Selective Dictionary for the Extraordinarily Literate (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.96 — 241 ratings — published 1997
New Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors: The Essential A-Z Guide to the Written Word (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.47 — 92 ratings — published 1905
Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 2 Vols (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.76 — 167 ratings — published 1933
The Concise Oxford Dictionary Of Linguistics (Oxford Paperback Reference)
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avg rating 4.29 — 51 ratings — published 1997
Cassell's Latin Dictionary (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.26 — 213 ratings — published 1854
Black's Law Dictionary (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.40 — 875 ratings — published 1891
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English for Advanced Learners (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.49 — 51 ratings — published 1978
Paperback Oxford English Dictionary (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 155 ratings — published 2012
Evangelical Dictionary of Theology (Baker Reference Library)
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avg rating 4.21 — 348 ratings — published 1984
The Describer's Dictionary: A Treasury of Terms & Literary Quotations (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.18 — 420 ratings — published 1993
The Penguin Dictionary of Psychology (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 110 ratings — published 1985
The Dictionary of Imaginary Places: The Newly Updated and Expanded Classic (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.27 — 1,548 ratings — published 1980
“The dictionary is based on the hypothesis -- obviously an unproven one -- that languages are made up of equivalent synonyms.”
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“Why don’t you purchase an Italian dictionary? I will assume the expense.”
“I have one,” she said, “but I don’t think it’s very good. Half the words are missing.”
“Half?”
“Well, some,” she amended. “But truly, that’s not the problem.”
He blinked, waiting for her to continue.
She did. Of course. “I don’t think Italian is the author’s native tongue,” she said.
“The author of the dictionary?” he queried.
“Yes. It’s not terribly idiomatic.”
― It's in His Kiss
“I have one,” she said, “but I don’t think it’s very good. Half the words are missing.”
“Half?”
“Well, some,” she amended. “But truly, that’s not the problem.”
He blinked, waiting for her to continue.
She did. Of course. “I don’t think Italian is the author’s native tongue,” she said.
“The author of the dictionary?” he queried.
“Yes. It’s not terribly idiomatic.”
― It's in His Kiss
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