On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 00:00:07 -0600
Ian Monroe <ian.monroe(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Personally, I sometimes write a new definition if I
have a spark of
inspiration, otherwise I modify the definitions that make sense to me
from Wordnet (I avoid Webster 1913 like the plague generally).
Wordnet is an awful source, that lumps together multiple words as though
they had identical meanings, when there truly are few words that have an
identical meaning to another word. Anyway, the definitions it uses are
severely flawed anyway and are no where near as good as authoritative
sources like Webster and OED. The definitions in Wordnet are more
appropriate to a desk reference for middle school students than an
authoritative dictionary.
Cheers,
Chris Hagar