Macquarie Dictionary & Thesaurus online

Macquarie Dictionary & Thesaurus is available now online via the catalogue.

Features:

• easy, comprehensive and interactive searching with the ability to search either the dictionary, thesaurus or both.
• annual updates of words, definitions and encyclopedic entries — from 2008 words such as toxic debt, flashpacker, bromance, textaholic, guerilla gardener, ecocentrism, uberveillance, lawfare and many more.
• thousands of new words and senses. Words are constantly coming into use in Australian English, from many different sources.
• illustrative material from Ozcorp, Macquarie’s database of Australian writing, which continues to be increased and updated.
• regionalisms from around Australia, many gathered from Australian Word Map, a joint online project of Macquarie and ABC Online.
• etymologies for some of the more interesting phrases in English. Where does ‘save someone’s bacon’ come from? And what about ‘on the wallaby’?.
• extra features including the User’s Guide, Drag & Drop, Add-a-Word and Word of the Week.