"superdictionary" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: superdictionaries [plural]
Etymology: From super- (“above, over”) + dictionary. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|super-|dictionary|t1=above, over}} super- (“above, over”) + dictionary Head templates: {{en-noun}} superdictionary (plural superdictionaries)
  1. (lexicography) An exceptionally comprehensive dictionary, which includes all other dictionaries. Categories (topical): Dictionaries, Lexicography

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