fictionaries

Noun

fictionary (countable and uncountable, plural fictionaries)

1. A parlor game in which participants invent definitions for an unfamiliar word found in a dictionary, and as one person reads them out, the others try to guess which one is the correct definition.
   • I generally hate playing games, but recently I was introduced to one that I think is actually fun: fictionary.2001, Susannah Seton, 365 Simple Pleasures, page 14
2. (countable, rare) A dictionary with contrived entries.
   • Daffynitions appear in fictionaries, not dictionaries, and they add hidden dimensions to the words they describe.1980, Gyles Daubeney Brandreth, The Joy of Lex: How to Have Fun with 860,341,500 Words, New York: Morrow, →ISBN, page 269

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