Reference List for NovelWords®


I'm indebted to the following traditional and specialized online dictionaries and other literary sites which helped me in my research; plus selected academic sources and offline dictionaries, thus:

Online:

  1. OneLook Dictionary Search: http://onelook.com/ with (as at October, 2017) 1061 indexed dictionaries. The Collins English Dictionary
    (https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english) formed the major resource therein; and with occasional help from:

    Merriam-Webster (https://www.merriam-webster.com/)
    Oxford (https://en.oxforddictionaries.com )
    American Heritage (https://www.ahdictionary.com/)
    Dictionary (http://www.dictionary.com/)
    Thesaurus (http://www.thesaurus.com/)
    Wordnik (http://www.wordnik.com/)
    Wikipedia/Wiktionary (https://www.wikipedia.org/)
    Urban Dictionary (https://www.urbandictionary.com/)
    Acronym Finder (https://www.acronymfinder.com/)
    AbbreviationZ (http://www.abbreviations.com/)
    The Phrontistery: (http://phrontistery.info/index.html)
    Word Reference: (http://wordreference.com)

  2. The O'Byrne Files: Dublin Slang Dictionary and Phrasebook:
    http://homepage.tinet.ie/

  3. James Joyce Online Notes: http://www.jjon.org/home

  4. A Dictionary of slang: http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/d.htm

  5. Dictionary of Phrases and Fable: (https://www.bartleby.com/81/)

  6. Nabokov's Lolita, and its more obscure vocabulary:
    https://lilithmaud.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/nabokovs-lolita-and-its-more-obscure-vocabulary/

  7. Google and Collins free online translation services

Offline:

  1. Ulysses Annotated (Notes for James Joyce's Ulysses), Don Gifford with Robert J. Seidman, University of California Press, 1989

  2. Gravity's Rainbow Companion, Stephen C. Weisenburger, University of Georgia Press, 2006

  3. A Dictionary of Hiberno-English, 3rd ed., compiled and edited by Terence Patrick Dolan, Gill & Macmillan, Dublin, 2013

  4. Academic sources (Introduction and Notes) for selected novels:
    Richard Godden (1998) for Tender is the Night
    Doreen Roberts (2001) for Gulliver's Travels
    Peter Merchant (1999) for A Tale of Two Cities
    Keith Wren (2002) for The Count of Monte Cristo
    Dr Howard J. Booth (1993) for Sons and Lovers
    Laurence Davies (2001) for Dubliners
    David Herd (2002) for Moby Dick
    Claire Seymour (2000) for The Turn of the Screw
    John S. Whitley (2000) for Wuthering Heights

  5. Concise English/Italian, Italian/English Dictionary, Longman Group London, 1973

  6. Cassell's Compact German Dictionary, Cassell and Co, London, 1958

  7. Cuyas Dictionary Series, Spanish-English/English-Spanish, Barcelona, 1964

  8. Harrap's New Pocket French & English, English & French Dictionary, Pan Books, London, 1982

  9. Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms, Mayfield Publishing Co., California, U.S.A., 1960

  10. Webster's New Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language, 2nd Edition, 1956, The World Publishing Company, New York, USA

Be aware that, despite best efforts to date, a few words - five, in fact - still remain unresolved; that is, for which no meanings have yet been found in any online or offline source. Use this link for the details.

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Regards,

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Roger J Burke

 

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