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The Grandiloquent Dictionary

  • 21-06-2010 10:12PM
    #1
    mr.mayo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 198 ✭✭


    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?


Comments

  • #2
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 36,215 Mod ✭✭✭✭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?


  • #3
    mr.mayo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 198 ✭✭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


  • #4
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 30,360 ✭✭✭✭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 :D)


  • #5
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 36,215 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    eudemonics - ( )
    The study or the science of happiness

    When Malcolm X visited Kingston, the elated crowd shouted 'Eudemonics!'


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