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Sep 11, 2026
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
A still more important contribution to periodical literature were two journals that he published somewhat in the style of Addison's Spectator, The Idler and The Rambler.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
The great work however of Johnson's life was the Dictionary of the English Language which has served as the basis of all English dictionaries since published until the last year or two.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Its chief value consists not in the definitions which are sometimes ludicrously prejudiced nor in the etymology which often reads like guesswork but in its quotations from standard English authors.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Herein Dr. Johnson's wide knowledge of our literature was of great service.
Phil BensonNARRATOR
Shakespeare apart, how many of the voices which stir us most deeply waken no response on the continent, or are heard with half-comprehending good nature as illustrations of our eccentric genius.
Phil BensonNARRATOR
Henri Bail devoted an article to Milton in his Dictionnaire.
Phil BensonNARRATOR
But it was to Milton the regicide and defender of the English people, a formidable pamphleteer who dabbled amiably in poetry in his leisure hours.
Phil BensonNARRATOR
Even Hegel, whose judgment of the matter of poetry is usually so penetrating, describes Milton as a praiseworthy example for his age of classical culture and elegant correctness of expression.
Rebecca Eden WalkerNARRATOR
Josephus, the son of Matthias the priest, and on his mother's side, claiming descent from the royal Hasmonean house, or Flavius Josephus, to give him the name which he adopted out of gratitude to his imperial patrons, was born in the first year of the Emperor Caligula, AD 37 through 38.
Rebecca Eden WalkerNARRATOR
St. Paul's conversion had probably taken place a few years earlier, dated variously as AD 30, Harnack, 33, Ramsay, 34, Lightfoot, and 35 through 36, C.H. Turner, Hastings, Dictionary of the Bible, Article Chronology.
Rebecca Eden WalkerNARRATOR
His life of upwards of 60 years falls into two nearly equal parts, spent respectively in Palestine and in Rome.
Rebecca Eden WalkerNARRATOR
The Palestinian portion, again, is sharply divided into the pre-war period to AD 65, of which we know comparatively little, and the great four years war, AD 66 through 70, of which we know a great deal.
Rebecca Eden WalkerNARRATOR
Its nominal purpose was to plead the cause of certain priests who had been sent by Felix to Italy for trial.
Rebecca Eden WalkerNARRATOR
Chronology close of the Acts AD fifty-nine Harnack, sixty-one Turner, sixty-two Ramsey, sixty-three Lightfoot will hardly permit us to accept the suggestion of Edersheim to connect St. Paul's liberation with the mission of Josephus.
Rebecca Eden WalkerNARRATOR
Dictionary of Christian Biography.
Rebecca Eden WalkerNARRATOR
But he cannot have failed during his stay in the city on the eve of the Neronian persecution to become acquainted, if not with the work of the Apostle, at least with the existence of the Christian community.
Tim ChristophersenGUEST
Everybody can have a relationship with nature that is unique, because it is unique to each of us.
Tim ChristophersenGUEST
But one of the definitions I came across, and I couldn't believe my eyes, I, I believe it was in the Oxford or Dictionary, was that nature, nature is the col- is the, uh, the phenomena of the physical world collectively as opposed to humans and culture.
Tim ChristophersenGUEST
So not only were they saying that we're not part of nature, they're saying as opposed to us.
Katie TreggidenHOST
Wow.
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So the Joker's gotten away, and now Batman and Robin will have to find him again.
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The dynamic duo does some serious thinking, the comic says, thinking which requires assistance from the Dictionary Publishing Co., sales office, because that is where we see them not long after, debating where the Joker will go.
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Robin knows that it'll be the King of Diamonds next time, if he follows the suit, but what kind of king? And Batman thinks they could get an answer from the Dictionary.
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So the two of them go into this dictionary building, are handed a big fat dictionary from the two girls who work there, who think Robin is cute.
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No, too young, twelve and a half.
JanHOST
And this week's Word of the Week is Orotund, and that is spelt O-R-O-T-U-N-D.
JanHOST
And the meaning, according to dictionary.com, is of the voice or speech, characterized by strength, fullness, richness, and clearness.
JanHOST
And our simple example today is, John Bon Jovi has been blessed with good looks, big hair, limitless energy, and an Orotund voice.
JanHOST
Well that takes us to the end of another episode.
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From Merriam-Webster's dictionary, destroyed means to real destructure, organic existence or condition of something.
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The same dictionary defines slave trade as a business of capturing, buying and selling enslaved African people for profits.
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Prior to the American Civil War, the Longman's Dictionary defines culture as the way of life, art, customs, and beliefs that are said and acceptable by a group of people in a particular society.
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Social media, on the other hand, refers to digital platforms where users communicate and share information.
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Examples include YouTube, Facebook, and TikTok.
CodyHOST
There is, however, a much older printed reference to the name Zozo, which I oftentimes also refer to.
CodyHOST
That is Jockeys Colin de Plancy's Dictionnaire and Fernal, first published in 1818.
CodyHOST
It contains a short entry describing Zozo as one of three demons that allegedly possessed a young woman in Telly in the Bacardi region of France two years earlier.
CodyHOST
A longer version of the story describes the young woman behaving violently and unnaturally before an exorcist intervened.
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It's the Dictionary, it's the Dictionary, it's the Dictionary, it's the Dictionary, it's the Dictionary, it's the Dictionary,
SpencerHOST
it's the Dictionary.
SpencerHOST
Hello Word Nerds, welcome to the Dictionary.
SpencerHOST
I am your host, Spencer, and this is the podcast where I read
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the Dictionary.
SpencerHOST
Oh my gosh, he's doing it.
SpencerHOST
Okay, the first entry in this episode is GPS, all caps, first form of GPS.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
A still more important contribution to periodical literature were two journals that he published somewhat in the style of Addison's Spectator, The Idler and The Rambler.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
The great work however of Johnson's life was the Dictionary of the English Language which has served as the basis of all English dictionaries since published until the last year or two.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Its chief value consists not in the definitions which are sometimes ludicrously prejudiced nor in the etymology which often reads like guesswork but in its quotations from standard English authors.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Herein Dr. Johnson's wide knowledge of our literature was of great service.
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