Quotes: Dictionary, Dictionaries

(a book that is bound to be used and where one word leads to another and another, ad infinitum)

dictionarian (s) (noun), dictionarians (pl)
A maker of lexicons; a lexicographer: "It takes many, many years for a dictionarian to compile words, parts of speech, definitions, example sentences, and, if possible, etymologies of these words.”
dictionary [lexicomedy]
1. A book in which one word continually leads to another.
2. A publication that is always changing the subject on every page.
3. A book that is bound to be of use to everyone who needs verbal clarifications except when a definition contains another form of the same word and never explains the meanings of any of the various forms.
4. The universe arranged in alphabetical order.

Quotations

There are those who believe that dictionaries should not merely reflect the times but also protect English from the mindless assaults of the trendy.
—Anonymous


When one word leads to another, it generally ends up in a quarrel, a speech, or a dictionary.
—E.C. McKenzie


The dictionary is the only place where divorce comes before marriage.
—Evan Esar in Esar's Comic Dictionary


The dictionary is a reference book in which you can find out how a word is spelled only if you already know how to spell it.
—Evan Esar in Esar's Comic Dictionary


The dictionary is the only reference book that has no index.
—Evan Esar in Esar's Comic Dictionary


The dictionary is the only place you are sure to find happiness.
—Evan Esar in Esar's Comic Dictionary


The dictionary is a book that goes by contraries, as: Monday comes before Sunday, June before May, and autumn before summer.
—Evan Esar in Esar's Comic Dictionary


The dictionary is a reference book where you learn that the difference between a con man and a congressman is only one syllable.
—Evan Esar in Esar's Comic Dictionary


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