wordbook

Etymology

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”).

noun

  1. A word/dictionary">dictionary or other reference book that lists words; a lexicon, vocabulary.
  2. The libretto of an opera.

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