fictionary — Dizionario inglese

Aggettivo

1. Fictional.

   Uso

   • not-comparable

   Esempi

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   I used to spend my mornings in the large, deserted drawing-room, whose charm was not yet broken, inditing ardent letters, into which my whole soul undisguised, was breathed to an imaginary friend; or writing some fragmentary sketches of the life of some fictionary favourite of fortune, in whose fate I always foreshadowed my own.

   Lastly, there were not a few scholars who, discarding the idea that myths were purely fictionary, and admitting a basis of reality, yet found that basis not in historical occurrence but in natural phenomena.

   Omitting, for the occasion, all thought of Anglo-Saxon literary remains, histories, chronicles, theological, fictionary, and scientific works, the entire number of documentary evidences, such as charters, wills, etc., of the Saxon period in England is very limited.

   Showing a lady into a library in which were alcoves, the books being arranged by subjects, he said, "Now, Miss Mary, I will show you the concave^([sic]) of fictionary novels."'

Sostantivo

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.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

   Esempi

   I generally hate playing games, but recently I was introduced to one that I think is actually fun: fictionary.

   One of our favorites is Fictionary, which we play on holidays or during storms.

   Altri esempi (1)

   Turns out, it's reminiscent of the game of Fictionary that was the hit of a recent Thanksgiving at my home (see below).

2. A dictionary with contrived entries.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • raro

   Esempi

   Daffynitions appear in fictionaries, not dictionaries, and they add hidden dimensions to the words they describe.

   From anemoia to zagreb: how ‘fictionaries’ are liberating the word [title]