The Jeffersonian cyclopedia; a comprehensive collection of the views of Thomas Jefferson classified and arranged in alphabetical order under nine thousand titles relating to government, politics, law, education, political economy, finance, science, art, literature, religious freedom, morals, etc.; |
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2222. DICTIONARIES, Neology and.— |
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2222. DICTIONARIES, Neology and.—
Dictionaries are but the depositories of words
already legitimated by usage. Society is the
workshop in which new ones are elaborated.
When an individual uses a new word, if illformed,
it is rejected in society; if well formed,
adopted, and after due time, laid up in the depository
of dictionaries.—
To John Adams. Washington ed. vii, 175.
(M.
1820)
See Languages.
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