Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dictionarese

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dic-tio-narese
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of dictionaryese.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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.""

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does dictionarese mean?: Alternative form of dictionaryese.

How to pronounce dictionarese

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