Fictionary
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 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. countable, uncountable
"I generally hate playing games, but recently I was introduced to one that I think is actually fun: fictionary."
- 2 A dictionary with contrived entries. countable, rare
"Daffynitions appear in fictionaries, not dictionaries, and they add hidden dimensions to the words they describe."
- 1 Fictional. not-comparable
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From fiction + -ary.
Blend of fiction + dictionary.
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