Words in your dictionary word log?

ardeegee · 06-08-2011, 05:50 PM

As a spin-off from the "Why does an ereader need a dictionary?" thread, I thought it might be fun to list some of the items in your log of looked-up words. Here are some of mine, a combination of words I didn't have a clue about, words I was pretty sure I knew, but need to double-check, and words that I knew, but it struck me to wonder how the (somewhat mediocre) Sony dictionary defined it.

Recently logged words:

halal
haram
bespoke
Alexandretta
Mahdi
Isakederun
deliquesce
heterodox
Tabriz
Qom
melliferous
halva
semolina
prig
cosmopolis
semiosis
elision
krall
salubrious
apparatchiks
kenning
louche
recondite
eisteddfods
polysemy
ubiquinone
mooncalf
insouciance
lugubrious
irascible
aspidistra
quintessence
dudgeon
secateurs
skiving
agapanthus
hagridden
bracken
punting
Satsuma
popinjay
pouffe
mugwump

(I see that 13 of the words from this list aren't in Firefox's spellchecker.)

SeaBookGuy · 06-08-2011, 06:06 PM

My most recent entries:

caryatid
paraventricular
helicoidal
mangonel
chalybeate
valetudinarian
tonneau
sclerotic
pelisses
tippets
feculent
scorbutic
petrel

Are you using the American or British dictionary? I prefer the British one.

ardeegee · 06-08-2011, 06:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SeaBookGuy

Are you using the American or British dictionary? I prefer the British one.

I use the American one. When I first bought the Sony, I did some comparisons between what words are in there and the definitions and decided the American version was more useful, but now have no memory whatsoever of how I reached that decision.

BaenSidhe · 06-11-2011, 06:32 AM

How do you look up your word log without having to look through each book? Or did you go through each of your books to compile your list?

ardeegee · 06-11-2011, 03:41 PM

On my PRS-350, the "word log" is in the options menu when you have the dictionary open.

elemenoP · 06-11-2011, 05:22 PM

carbuncle (gross!)
perfidy
ptomaine
facile (a word I've heard many times and never quite understood what it meant)
doxology
surrey
quirt
freshet
swale

elemenoP · 06-11-2011, 05:23 PM

and I didn't know my Sony had a word log so thanks!

eP

SeaBookGuy · 06-11-2011, 06:10 PM

I had not heard of "freshet" before - my latest lookup was "jeremiad".

vxf · 06-14-2011, 02:01 AM

These are the ones I had in that other thread - hope noone minds the re-posting.

taradiddles
popinjay
scalawag
codswallop
chortle
abreactions
postprandial
veldt

I don't have my PRS 350 with me, on which I have been reading recently (only the 950 and that does not get used much in terms of dictionary... I use it to read newspapers and magazines). But I'll drag my 350 to work tomorrow and dig into the word log.

The English - rather than American - dictionary is what I use most as well.

elemenoP · 06-15-2011, 09:14 AM

I had a babysitter call my daughter a scalawag after a tough night with her. I was taken aback and then I laughed.

eP

tubemonkey · 06-15-2011, 01:11 PM

My word log is empty. My dictionary is wasting away from lack of use.

BaenSidhe · 06-16-2011, 02:10 AM

Here are mine.

salopettes
messiah
sinecure
vieux jeu
blancmange
risible
Moloch
Esther
agley
desuetude
Tetons
autoclave

06-08-2011, 05:50 PM	#1
ardeegee Maratus speciosus butt Posts: 3,292 Karma: 1162698 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-350	Words in your dictionary word log? As a spin-off from the "Why does an ereader need a dictionary?" thread, I thought it might be fun to list some of the items in your log of looked-up words. Here are some of mine, a combination of words I didn't have a clue about, words I was pretty sure I knew, but need to double-check, and words that I knew, but it struck me to wonder how the (somewhat mediocre) Sony dictionary defined it. Recently logged words: halal haram bespoke Alexandretta Mahdi Isakederun deliquesce heterodox Tabriz Qom melliferous halva semolina prig cosmopolis semiosis elision krall salubrious apparatchiks kenning louche recondite eisteddfods polysemy ubiquinone mooncalf insouciance lugubrious irascible aspidistra quintessence dudgeon secateurs skiving agapanthus hagridden bracken punting Satsuma popinjay pouffe mugwump (I see that 13 of the words from this list aren't in Firefox's spellchecker.)

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06-08-2011, 06:06 PM	#2
SeaBookGuy Can one read too much? Posts: 2,015 Karma: 2487799 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Naples, FL Device: Kindle PW 3, Sony 350 and 650	My most recent entries: caryatid paraventricular helicoidal mangonel chalybeate valetudinarian tonneau sclerotic pelisses tippets feculent scorbutic petrel Are you using the American or British dictionary? I prefer the British one.

06-11-2011, 06:32 AM	#4
BaenSidhe Groupie Posts: 150 Karma: 1087916 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: PRS-500 and PRS-650	How do you look up your word log without having to look through each book? Or did you go through each of your books to compile your list?

06-11-2011, 03:41 PM	#5
ardeegee Maratus speciosus butt Posts: 3,292 Karma: 1162698 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-350	On my PRS-350, the "word log" is in the options menu when you have the dictionary open.

06-11-2011, 05:22 PM	#6
elemenoP Wizard Posts: 1,717 Karma: 3790058 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: NYC Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Sony 650	carbuncle (gross!) perfidy ptomaine facile (a word I've heard many times and never quite understood what it meant) doxology surrey quirt freshet swale

06-11-2011, 05:23 PM	#7
elemenoP Wizard Posts: 1,717 Karma: 3790058 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: NYC Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Sony 650	and I didn't know my Sony had a word log so thanks! eP

06-11-2011, 06:10 PM	#8
SeaBookGuy Can one read too much? Posts: 2,015 Karma: 2487799 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Naples, FL Device: Kindle PW 3, Sony 350 and 650	I had not heard of "freshet" before - my latest lookup was "jeremiad".

06-14-2011, 02:01 AM	#9
vxf Guru Posts: 944 Karma: 1490348 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Norman, OK Device: Sony PRS 350, 900, 950; Kindles (ALL of them!); Kobo Aura One	These are the ones I had in that other thread - hope noone minds the re-posting. taradiddles popinjay scalawag codswallop chortle abreactions postprandial veldt I don't have my PRS 350 with me, on which I have been reading recently (only the 950 and that does not get used much in terms of dictionary... I use it to read newspapers and magazines). But I'll drag my 350 to work tomorrow and dig into the word log. The English - rather than American - dictionary is what I use most as well.

06-15-2011, 09:14 AM	#10
elemenoP Wizard Posts: 1,717 Karma: 3790058 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: NYC Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Sony 650	I had a babysitter call my daughter a scalawag after a tough night with her. I was taken aback and then I laughed. eP

06-15-2011, 01:11 PM	#11
tubemonkey monkey on the fringe Posts: 45,476 Karma: 158151390 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Seattle Metro Device: Moto E6, Echo Show	My word log is empty. My dictionary is wasting away from lack of use.

06-16-2011, 02:10 AM	#12
BaenSidhe Groupie Posts: 150 Karma: 1087916 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: PRS-500 and PRS-650	Here are mine. salopettes messiah sinecure vieux jeu blancmange risible Moloch Esther agley desuetude Tetons autoclave

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