dictionarese

English

Noun

dictionarese (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of dictionaryese
   • 1971, Judy Chambers, “The Visual Approach to Vocabulary”, in Mildred G. McClosky, editor, Teaching Strategies and Classroom Realities, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., →ISBN, page 221:

     With my average classes, once the word has been correctly guessed, I put its meaning on the board in the vernacular, rather than in "dictionarese."

Anagrams

• neoceratiids, tricosadiene