The Grandiloquent Dictionary

mr.mayo

Hi guys, I recently downloaded the Grandiloquent Dictionary, I'm wondering though - Just how accurate is it? I've looked up some of the words on Google, and either I can't find them, or the spelling is a bit off. Just one example
According to GD, an "Umtagati" is a worker of evil magic, but Google says that the word is actually "Tagati"

How reliable would you consider the 'Grandiloquent Dictionary' to be? Am I wasting my time with it?

pickarooney

Tagati is the English word derived from the Zulu umThakhathi, with the um- being some sort of inflectional prefix, apparently, roughly equivqlent to 'a witchdoctor'.

I would say it is not really correct to import the indefinite article along with the noun into English as you will end up with a double determinant (a a witchdoctor).

I don't imagine you'd have much cause to use the word, in any form. Have you any more examples?

mr.mayo

Thanks for the reply, that particular word was just taken at random, I know the chances of me using it are very slim. What I was wondering was if you were familiar with the Site/Dictionary itself, and if so would you consider it trustworthy, I mean it could be error ridden for all I know

looksee

It's a bit unlikely that you would need most of those words. I have never heard of most of them, but the root words make sense and the prefixes and suffixes are standard. I looked at the S section and the first 20 or so sounded reasonable. Whether a word exists just because you can hang together a latin root with a prefix or suffix is debateable. (moot, even )

pickarooney

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