dictionarese

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Noun

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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."

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