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The Macquarie Dictionary was first published in print in 1981 and has been online since 2003. Its reputation has gone from strength to strength and it is now nationally and internationally regarded as the standard reference on Australian English. The Macquarie Dictionary features:

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09/02/2025

dittography: unintentional repetition of one or more symbols in writing, as in copying a manuscript.

08/02/2025

stablemate: one of two or more horses which belong to the same stable.

07/02/2025

practicable: capable of being put into practice, done, or effected, especially with the available means or with reason or prudence; feasible.

06/02/2025

prolegomenous: prefatory; preliminary.

fantasia: a composition in fanciful or irregular rather than strict form or style.
05/02/2025

fantasia: a composition in fanciful or irregular rather than strict form or style.

04/02/2025

solicitude: the state of being solicitous; anxiety or concern; anxious desire or care.

03/02/2025

clairsentience: the alleged power of receiving messages from spirits, etc., by touching particular objects.

02/02/2025

scorpaenid: of or relating to the Scorpaenidae, a large family of marine spiny-finned fishes found in all waters but particularly abundant in the Pacific.

01/02/2025

polyphagia: excessive desire to eat.

sacristy: an apartment in or a building connected with a church or a religious house, in which the sacred vessels, ves...
29/01/2025

sacristy: an apartment in or a building connected with a church or a religious house, in which the sacred vessels, vestments, etc., are kept.

29/01/2025

greenheart: a South American tree, Ocotea rodiei, of the family Lauraceae, whose hard, durable wood is often used for wharves, bridges, and in shipbuilding, and whose bark yields bebeerine; bebeeru.

28/01/2025

revivalism: the tendency to revive what belongs to the past.

27/01/2025

gorgonzola: an Italian variety of semi-soft ripened milk cheese veined with blue-green veins of penicillin mould culture.

26/01/2025

superelevation: an elevation at a curve of the outer rail of a railway track or outer side of a road above the inner, to counteract centrifugal force of vehicles; cant.

25/01/2025

circumvallate: surrounded by, or as by, a rampart, etc.

24/01/2025

subcontinent: a large landmass, smaller than a continent.

gentilesse: poli as an indicator of good breeding; courtesy.
23/01/2025

gentilesse: poli as an indicator of good breeding; courtesy.

21/01/2025

cybersecurity: protection provided for an information system, such as computer and telecommunications networks, against cyberthreats.

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