2 definitions by Sara Sylvia
1. An expensive encyclopaedia where people look up the definitions of words.
2. A censored and sophisticated version of Urban Dictionary.
3. What we all wish n00bs on forums and chat sites knew how to use.
2. A censored and sophisticated version of Urban Dictionary.
3. What we all wish n00bs on forums and chat sites knew how to use.
dic-tion-ar-y (abbr.: dict.)
noun ( pl. -aries)
a book that lists the words of a language in alphabetical order and gives their meaning, or that gives the equivalent words in a different language.
• a reference book on any subject, the items of which are arranged in alphabetical order : a dictionary of quotations.
ORIGIN
early 16th cent.: from medieval Latin dictionarium (manuale) or dictionarius (liber) ‘manual or book of words,’ from Latin dictio (see diction ).
noun ( pl. -aries)
a book that lists the words of a language in alphabetical order and gives their meaning, or that gives the equivalent words in a different language.
• a reference book on any subject, the items of which are arranged in alphabetical order : a dictionary of quotations.
ORIGIN
early 16th cent.: from medieval Latin dictionarium (manuale) or dictionarius (liber) ‘manual or book of words,’ from Latin dictio (see diction ).
by Sara Sylvia October 10, 2006
1. An expensive encyclopaedia where people look up the definitions of words.
2. A censored and sophisticated version of Urban Dictionary.
3. What we all wish n00bs on forums and chat sites knew how to use.
2. A censored and sophisticated version of Urban Dictionary.
3. What we all wish n00bs on forums and chat sites knew how to use.
dic-tion-ar-y |ˈdik sh əˌnerē| (abbr.: dict.)
noun ( pl. -aries)
a book that lists the words of a language in alphabetical order and gives their meaning, or that gives the equivalent words in a different language.
• a reference book on any subject, the items of which are arranged in alphabetical order : a dictionary of quotations.
ORIGIN
early 16th cent.: from medieval Latin dictionarium (manuale) or dictionarius (liber) ‘manual or book of words,’ from Latin dictio (see diction ).
noun ( pl. -aries)
a book that lists the words of a language in alphabetical order and gives their meaning, or that gives the equivalent words in a different language.
• a reference book on any subject, the items of which are arranged in alphabetical order : a dictionary of quotations.
ORIGIN
early 16th cent.: from medieval Latin dictionarium (manuale) or dictionarius (liber) ‘manual or book of words,’ from Latin dictio (see diction ).
by Sara Sylvia October 10, 2006