fictionary英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A parlor game in which participants invent definitions for an unfamiliar word found in a dictionary, and as one person reads them out, the others try to guess which one is the correct definition. countable,uncountable

— I generally hate playing games, but recently I was introduced to one that I think is actually fun: fictionary.
A dictionary with contrived entries. countable,rare

— Daffynitions appear in fictionaries, not dictionaries, and they add hidden dimensions to the words they describe.

形容词 adj.

Fictional. not-comparable

— I used to spend my mornings in the large, deserted drawing-room, whose charm was not yet broken, inditing ardent letters, into which my whole soul undisguised, was breathed to an imaginary friend; or writing some fragmentary sketches of the life of some fictionary favourite of fortune, in whose fate I always foreshadowed my own.

词形变化

fictionaries plural Fictionary alternative

词汇关系

并列词

dictionary

词源

词源 1

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰi-né-ǵʰ-ti
Proto-Italic *θingō
Proto-Italic *fingōder.
Latin fingō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin fictiōder.
Old French ficcionbor.
Middle English ficcioun
English fiction
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusder.
Middle English -arie
English -ary
English fictionary
From fiction + -ary.

词源 2

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰi-né-ǵʰ-ti
Proto-Italic *θingō
Proto-Italic *fingōder.
Latin fingō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin fictiōder.
Old French ficcionbor.
Middle English ficcioun
English fiction
Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *déyḱeti
Proto-Italic *deikō
Latin dīcō
▲
Latin -tiō
Latin dictiō
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -ārius
Latin -ārium
▲
Latin dictiō
▲
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -ārius
Medieval Latin dictiōnārius?
Medieval Latin dictiōnāriumlbor.
Middle English dixionare
English dictionary
blend
English fictionary
Blend of fiction + dictionary.