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== 📚 Recommended Dictionaries & Glossaries ==

== Recommended Dictionaries & Glossaries ==

~~MorDictionary respects tradition while refusing to be boring.~~

=== General Dictionaries ===

~~=== General Dictionaries ===~~

* '''Oxford English Dictionary (OED)''' — [https://www.oed.com/ oed.com]

* Oxford English Dictionary

* '''Merriam-Webster''' — [https://www.merriam-webster.com/ merriam-webster.com]

* Merriam-Webster

* '''Wiktionary''' — [https://www.wiktionary.org/ wiktionary.org]

* Wiktionary

* '''Wordnik''' — [https://www.wordnik.com/ wordnik.com]

* Wordnik

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=== Specialized & Historical ===

* Green’s Dictionary of Slang

* Webster’s 1828

* Regional glossaries

* Field-specific glossaries (legal, nautical, theological, technical)

~~Each dictionary has a temperament~~.

* '''Green’s Dictionary of Slang''' — [https://greensdictofslang.com/ greensdictofslang.com]

~~Study their strengths~~.

* '''Webster’s 1828 Dictionary''' — [https://webstersdictionary1828.com/ webstersdictionary1828.com]

~~Observe their weaknesses~~.

* '''Phrontistery''' — [https://phrontistery.info/ phrontistery.info] — Obscure and rare vocabulary collections

~~Avoid their dullness~~.

* '''The Grandiloquent Dictionary''' — [https://www.islandnet.com/~egbird/dict/words.pdf PDF edition] — Unusual and sesquipedalian words

* '''Oxford Reference''' — [https://www.oxfordreference.com/ oxfordreference.com] — Subject glossaries (legal, theological, technical, etc.)

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-== 📚 Recommended Dictionaries & Glossaries ==
+== Recommended Dictionaries & Glossaries ==
-MorDictionary respects tradition while refusing to be boring.
+=== General Dictionaries ===
-=== General Dictionaries ===
+* '''Oxford English Dictionary (OED)''' — [https://www.oed.com/ oed.com]
-* Oxford English Dictionary
+* '''Merriam-Webster''' — [https://www.merriam-webster.com/ merriam-webster.com]
-* Merriam-Webster
+* '''Wiktionary''' — [https://www.wiktionary.org/ wiktionary.org]
-* Wiktionary
+* '''Wordnik''' — [https://www.wordnik.com/ wordnik.com]
-* Wordnik
+----
 === Specialized & Historical ===
-* Green’s Dictionary of Slang
-* Webster’s 1828
-* Regional glossaries
-* Field-specific glossaries (legal, nautical, theological, technical)
-Each dictionary has a temperament.
+* '''Green’s Dictionary of Slang''' — [https://greensdictofslang.com/ greensdictofslang.com]
-Study their strengths.
+* '''Webster’s 1828 Dictionary''' — [https://webstersdictionary1828.com/ webstersdictionary1828.com]
-Observe their weaknesses.
+* '''Phrontistery''' — [https://phrontistery.info/ phrontistery.info] — Obscure and rare vocabulary collections
-Avoid their dullness.
+* '''The Grandiloquent Dictionary''' — [https://www.islandnet.com/~egbird/dict/words.pdf PDF edition] — Unusual and sesquipedalian words
+* '''Oxford Reference''' — [https://www.oxfordreference.com/ oxfordreference.com] — Subject glossaries (legal, theological, technical, etc.)
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