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The Big Dictionary. By Lorren Daro. Cobb Mountain, Calif.: Lorren Daro Productions, 2001. 235p. $9.95 paper (ISBN 0-9706608-0-4). www.bigdictionary.com
In this first edition of The Big Dictionary, Lorren Daro has self-published a ready reference work, culling approximately 5,000 words from an unabridged dictionary of some 350,000 words. Each entry includes a concise definition without pronunciation markings or usage examples. The part of speech for the word is given occasionally when multiple meanings are listed for a word (e.g., "minister" used as a noun versus a verb).
The selection criteria identified on the back cover claim that The Big Dictionary "lists only those commonly used words" that one looks up,...