Dictionary Quote by Samuel Johnson

A lexicographer, a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge.

— Samuel Johnson

LEXICOGRAPHER, n. A pestilent fellow who, under the pretense of recording some particular stage in the development of a language, does what he can…

— Ambrose Bierce

“LEXICOGRAPHER, n. A pestilent fellow who, under the pretense of recording some particular stage in the development of a language, does what he can…

— Ambrose Bierce

“dictionary with unsaid words”

— milan kundera

Spellings are made by people. Dictionaries - eventually - reflect popular choices.

— David Crystal

To make dictionaries is dull work.

— Samuel Johnson

“The dictionary’s very flaws made the exertions and enthusiasm of its compilers real to his imagination. The vast array of words—entry words, definitions, examples—was…

— Shion Miura

If anything is guaranteed to annoy a lexicographer, it is the journalistic habit of starting a story with a dictionary definition.

— Erin McKean

“Dictionary of Misunderstood Words”

— Milan Kundera

I'm very sensitive to the English language. I studied the dictionary obsessively when I was a kid and collect old dictionaries. Words, I think,…

— Drew Barrymore

“A dictionary is a ship that crosses the sea of words,” said Araki, with a sense that he was laying bare his innermost soul.…

— Shion Miura

“These people so entranced by dictionaries were outside the bounds of Nishioka’s understanding. He couldn’t even be sure they thought of their work as…

— Shion Miura