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Indioman's frustration is understandable. It's not just uncommon words that lack a definition. And it's one thing to have a dream of being the internet's most comprehensive dictionary at some undefined, possibly receding, point in the future. But right now, the front page trumpets the claim that Wordnik *is* already the most comprehensive dictionary in the universe, a statement so woefully untrue that it guarantees that the user will be disappointed.
Anyway (I've said this before), why the current choice of listing the 4 dictionary definitions, while hiding the Onelook link under "elsewhere on the web", should be considered preferable to just providing a link to Onelook is not clear.
There's something Microsoft-like about claiming superiority when there are no definitions for many words, and when the examples listed are often silly or meaningless.
Perhaps I should go look up curmudgeonly to see if it has a definition. Oh, I see, "like a curmudgeon". Well, that's helpful...
April 6, 2010
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Hi indioman. None of the four dictionaries from which we offer definitions includes 'listeth'. When a word is looked up that we have examples for, but not definitions, we display the examples up top--look up a word with definitions, like petulant, and you'll see that the definitions come first.
We decided to still display the dictionary links for words with no definitions, but grayed-out and disabled, because we thought it would be useful to know that we do indeed offer definitions when available. Otherwise people might thin we were just an examples site. Perhaps we should be more explicit, and say "no definitions available?"
Welcome to Wordnik!
April 6, 2010
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ARE YOU VEXED? THAT'S NOT GOOD. HOW ABOUT A GOOD LIE DOWN? OR A CUP OF TEA AND A TRANQUIL VIEWING OF A VIDEO ABOUT ROCKHOPPER PENGUINS? USUALLY WORKS FOR ME. YOU CAN ALSO TRY MEDITATION IF YOU HAVE THE RIGHT KIND OF NAVEL AND LIKE INCENSE AND SHIT.
April 6, 2010
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Examples always show up first when a definition is not available. As you've seen, for some uncommon words definitions aren't available yet. Be patient, wordnik is the dictionary of the future
April 6, 2010
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attempting to look up "listeth", i found your site quite useless. i select definitions and then come to a page that offers me dictionaries BUT NO MEANS TO GET TO THEM. I'VE CLICKED ON THE DICTIONARIES' NAMES, CLICKED ON THE ARROWS AND NOTHING. BY THE WAY WHEN LOOKING FOR A DEFINITION YOU DON'T START WITH EXAMPLES, YOU DEFINE THE WORD FIRST.
April 6, 2010
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attempting to look up "listeth", i found your site quite useless. i select definitions and then come to a page that offers me dictionaries BUT NO MEANS TO GET TO THEM. I'VE CLICKED ON THE DICTIONARIES' NAMES, CLICKED ON THE ARROWS AND NOTHING. BY THE WAY WHEN LOOKING FOR A DEFINITION YOU DON'T START WITH EXAMPLES, YOU DEFINE THE WORD FIRST.
April 6, 2010