Fred Bauder wrote:
This problem plagued the Oxford English Dictionary (1st edition), only the most dedicated volunteers were willing to tackle the dull words like "put" "see" "art" "the" etc, words like "transmogrify" or "fandango" were much easier.
That's an important and acute observatiuon. I think that the same could be said of Wiktionary. The unusual words are easier because they are so seldom used. If you need to look up a word you are more likely to get it right than if you rely upon your memory.
Still, I would not use the adjective "dull" to refer to the common words. It's their rainbow nature that makes them so difficult.
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