![]() It is also the first dictionary where I have been able to write a definition backwards (in the entry for Esio Trot) and in the form of a limerick (for limerick of course). It is a rare treat to be able to define a word for the very first time, and I’ve been able to do that for all of Roald Dahl’s invented words, from aerioplane to zozimus. ![]() This has been a very extra-usual dictionary to work on, because it has involved so much creative thinking and experimentation. Was the process different from a “traditional” dictionary? Throughout the project I also reread Roald Dahl’s books many times to help keep his spirit to the forefront, as we wanted the dictionary to be both authoritative and a little bit mischievous. It also helped us to find ordinary words, like alarm-clock and glove, which have special significance in his stories. That helped us to identify 393 words that Roald Dahl invented, and to find quotations to show how he used them in his books. We began by creating a special database which allowed us to search and analyse all of Roald Dahl’s writings for children. ![]() How did you go about compiling these words? It has a wonderfully mystical sound to it, and it uses Z which is one of Roald Dahl’s favourite letters, as in words like phizz-whizzing, zippfizzing and zoonk. That is what the BFG calls the stuff that dreams are made of, which he whisks with his magical egg-beater. Susan Rennie, and to hear about the process behind putting together such an “extra-usual” dictionary, the excitement of defining some of Dahl’s invented words for the first time, and what Dahl words are the most fun to say.Ī particular favourite of mine is zozimus. We had the chance to speak to the compiler of the book, lexicographer Dr. Aimed at young logophiles, the dictionary includes both everyday words and those invented by the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. North American History Naut.Early last month, in celebration of what would have been Roald Dahl’s 100th birthday, Oxford University Press published the Oxford Roald Dahl Dictionary. Modem Greek modem Hebrew modem Icelandic modem Irish modem Latin modem Provengal modem Sanskrit Middle Swedish Middle and Modem Swedish Music Mycology Mythology Modem modem Danish modem Dutch modem French modem GermanĪBBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS mod.Gk mod.Heb. Greek Greek Antiquities Greek Archaeology Greek Architecture Greek Grammar Greek History Greek Mythology Greek Orthodox Church Greek Prosody Greek Rhetoric Middle High German Middle and Modem High German Mexican Mexican Spanish Middle Flemish Middle and Modem Merchant of Venice Merry Wives (of Windsor) Middle Breton Middle Danish Middle Dutch Middle and Modem Dutch Middle English Measure for Measure Mechanics Medicine Mythology Classical Prosody classical GreekĬombining (form) (in) combination combinations Points of the compass, are not listed here, but can be found under the General abbreviations, such as those for units of Variation according to context will be found. This list the abbreviations are printed in the type TRANSLITERATION TRANSLITERATION OF GREEK a Variant entries which are entries for that THE NEW SHORTER ENGLISH DICTIONARY THUMB INDEX EDITION
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