dictionatical
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prettygoodworddictionatical (dik-shun-NAY-ti-kuhl) - adj., authorized or approved by dictionaries.
This word is not self-describing, as it cannot be found in dictionaries. Indeed, the only citation it seems to have (aside from people citing the citation) is a 1914 Kansas newspaper, "I don't think that word is dictionatical," which was picked up by an American dialect dictionary a few years later. The obligatory comment is to claim it ought to be a natural for Scrabble players.
---L.
This word is not self-describing, as it cannot be found in dictionaries. Indeed, the only citation it seems to have (aside from people citing the citation) is a 1914 Kansas newspaper, "I don't think that word is dictionatical," which was picked up by an American dialect dictionary a few years later. The obligatory comment is to claim it ought to be a natural for Scrabble players.
---L.
