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David Foster Wallace's Dictionary Words

April 14, 2010
By Ben Zimmer (New York, NY)Visual Thesaurus ContributorVisual Thesaurus Moderator
Words that David Foster Wallace circled in his dictionary. Full list here: http://www.slate.com/id/2250784/
ablative absolute
ablaut
abulia
acephalous
ACTH
adit
adumbrate
agrapha
ailanthus
aleatory
alfresco
algolagnia
alpestrine
ament
androsterone
anemone fish
anneal
antiphon
antipode
apathetic
apercu
aphagia
aphotic
apocarpous
appoggiatura
aquavit
arc-boutant
archine
arcuate
argon
armamentarium
ascites
aspheric
astrolabe
atony
auscultate
autolysis
azygous
banquette
bathyscaph
benthos
bespeak
bespoke
bialy
bibulous
bisque
bregma
cachexia
cachinnate
cairngorm
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Sunday March 4th 2012, 1:53 PM
Comment by: Toni V. (Eugene, OR)
I wish the words in these lists were not alphabetical. I use them as writing prompts and it's much better if they're random.

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