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The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as dictionary)
avg rating 3.84 — 123,695 ratings — published 1998
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as dictionary)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,841 ratings — published 1843
The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as dictionary)
avg rating 4.05 — 11,181 ratings — published 1911
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as dictionary)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,232 ratings — published 1948
Oxford Dictionary of English (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 24 times as dictionary)
avg rating 4.04 — 5,871 ratings — published 2004
The New Oxford American Dictionary (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 23 times as dictionary)
avg rating 3.90 — 9,184 ratings — published 1962
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as dictionary)
avg rating 4.44 — 6,543 ratings — published 2018
A Dictionary of Modern English Usage (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as dictionary)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,065 ratings — published 1926
Collins Robert French Dictionary: French-English English-French (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as dictionary)
avg rating 4.20 — 227 ratings — published 1978
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as dictionary)
avg rating 4.42 — 931 ratings — published 1870
The Dictionary of Lost Words (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as dictionary)
avg rating 4.01 — 200,158 ratings — published 2020
Ultimate Visual Dictionary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as dictionary)
avg rating 4.28 — 376 ratings — published 1994
The American Heritage Dictionary (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as dictionary)
avg rating 4.31 — 274 ratings — published 1969
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as dictionary)
avg rating 4.30 — 688 ratings — published 1977
The Dictionary of Imaginary Places: The Newly Updated and Expanded Classic (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as dictionary)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,548 ratings — published 1980
The Lover's Dictionary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as dictionary)
avg rating 3.86 — 48,026 ratings — published 2011
The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as dictionary)
avg rating 4.19 — 450 ratings — published 1941
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as dictionary)
avg rating 4.22 — 362 ratings — published 1990
Kamus Inggris-Indonesia (An English-Indonesian Dictionary)
by (shelved 9 times as dictionary)
avg rating 3.97 — 567 ratings — published 1975
Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as dictionary)
avg rating 4.18 — 9,484 ratings — published 2017
Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words: A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as dictionary)
avg rating 3.89 — 3,254 ratings — published 1984
The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as dictionary)
avg rating 3.99 — 5,329 ratings — published 2003
The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as dictionary)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,432 ratings — published
Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 2 Vols (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as dictionary)
avg rating 4.76 — 167 ratings — published 1933
Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as dictionary)
avg rating 4.48 — 133 ratings — published 2009
Japanese-English English-Japanese Dictionary (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as dictionary)
avg rating 3.96 — 335 ratings — published 1995
Arabic English Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic (English and Arabic Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as dictionary)
avg rating 4.51 — 339 ratings — published 1961
Cassell's Concise Latin-English, English-Latin Dictionary (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as dictionary)
avg rating 4.06 — 103 ratings — published 1977
Frindle (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as dictionary)
avg rating 3.86 — 126,623 ratings — published 1996
Webster's New World dictionary of the American language (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as dictionary)
avg rating 4.07 — 30 ratings — published
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as dictionary)
avg rating 4.40 — 739 ratings — published 1970
The Cat in the Hat Dictionary (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as dictionary)
avg rating 4.40 — 1,241 ratings — published 1964
Concise Oxford English Dictionary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as dictionary)
avg rating 4.45 — 342 ratings — published 1911
Smith's Bible Dictionary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as dictionary)
avg rating 3.99 — 69 ratings — published 1966
Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary, Second Edition (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as dictionary)
avg rating 4.35 — 65 ratings — published 1989
The Penguin Dictionary of Symbols (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as dictionary)
avg rating 4.35 — 793 ratings — published 1982
The Dictionary Story (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as dictionary)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,297 ratings — published
Kamus Dewan Edisi Keempat (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as dictionary)
avg rating 4.21 — 382 ratings — published 2010
Langenscheidt's German-English English-German Dictionary (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as dictionary)
avg rating 4.25 — 100 ratings — published 1971
Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as dictionary)
avg rating 3.92 — 561 ratings — published 1811
Cassell Dictionary of Superstitions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as dictionary)
avg rating 4.03 — 538 ratings — published 1995
The Highly Selective Dictionary for the Extraordinarily Literate (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as dictionary)
avg rating 3.96 — 241 ratings — published 1997
Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as dictionary)
avg rating 4.55 — 278 ratings — published 2003
Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as dictionary)
avg rating 3.74 — 1,779 ratings — published 2008
Dictionary of Word Origins: Histories of More Than 8,000 English-Language Words (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as dictionary)
avg rating 4.02 — 237 ratings — published 1990
Scholastic Children's Dictionary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as dictionary)
avg rating 4.25 — 301 ratings — published 1994
Kamus Indonesia-Inggris (An Indonesian-English Dictionary)
by (shelved 6 times as dictionary)
avg rating 3.84 — 267 ratings — published 1963
Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as dictionary)
avg rating 4.18 — 616 ratings — published 1852
French English Bilingual Visual Dictionary (DK Visual Dictionaries)
by (shelved 5 times as dictionary)
avg rating 4.47 — 126 ratings — published 2004
Pocket Oxford Chinese Dictionary: English-Chinese, Chinese-English (Third Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as dictionary)
avg rating 4.26 — 57 ratings — published 2003
“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
“Gourmand: Fragrance category featuring sweet and delicious edible scents such as vanilla, caramel, and chocolate.
Indole: Chemical compound found in redolent white flowers such as jasmine, with an animalic quality.
Marine: Often created with synthetics, they evoke fresh scents such as sea breezes and the ocean.”
― The Library of Flowers
Indole: Chemical compound found in redolent white flowers such as jasmine, with an animalic quality.
Marine: Often created with synthetics, they evoke fresh scents such as sea breezes and the ocean.”
― The Library of Flowers
