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wordbook

word·book

UK/ˈwɜːdˌbʊk/ US/ˈwɝdˌbʊk/ uncommon

noun

1.

a reference book containing words (usually with their meanings)

Origin

1590, from word + book. Compare West Frisian wurdboek (“dictionary”), German Low German Woordenbook, Wöörbook (“dictionary”), Dutch woordenboek (“dictionary”), German Wörterbuch (“dictionary”), Danish ordbog (“dictionary”), Swedish ordbok (“dictionary”).

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