Useful Things: Twenty Point Words

I attended the National Book Festival in Washington, DC this past week. One of the highlights of my visit was hearing Diana Gabaldon, my favorite author, speak. During the introduction of her talk, Ms. Gabaldon was asked to share her favorite word.

The response? Absquatulate.


Yeah. I've never heard that word before either.

Gradiloquent Dictionary is a resourceful tool if you want to impress your friends with big, many syllabled words. While the bulk of the features have to be downloaded (search, index, etc.), the website does keep an extensive dictionary of impressive words online.

Now we all just have to figure out how to play this vocabulary on the Scrabble board.