English Explanatory Dictionary

fictionary

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Fictional.
noun
  1. 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.
  2. A dictionary with contrived entries.

Pronunciation

/ˈfɪkʃəˌnɛɹi/ /ˈfɪkʃən(ə)ɹi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fictionary.wav

Word forms

fictionary fictionaries

Etymology

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 *-āsjos Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English fictionary From fiction + -ary.

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