‘more vivid and literary’
Webster's 1913 Dictionary (github)
by Tim Cieplowski (‘New project: Webster's 1913 Dictionary website‘)
It’s a static website serving the complete text of Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary from 1913.
James Somers wrote a popular blog post about Webster’s 1913, explaining how its definitions are more vivid and literary than what you’ll find in a modern dictionary.
There already exists another site, that I sometimes use, websters1913.com, but unfortunately it has an SSL cert issue, and is not very feature-rich.
I decided to build my own version, with a few additional features...
[ 📌tdjones ]
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You’re probably using the wrong dictionary « the jsomers.net blog
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