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a reference book giving information about the meanings, pronunciations, uses, and origins of words listed in alphabetical order
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For many decades, dictionaries were bestsellers and seen as the authority on the English language.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
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Maybe our expectations for dictionaries are way too high.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2025
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“Wordbooks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wordbooks. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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