Dictionary of Literary Terms

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4.4
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About this app

Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms provides clear, concise, and often witty definitions of the most troublesome literary terms from abjection to zeugma. Now available in a new, fully updated and expanded edition, it offers readers increased coverage of new terms from modern critical and theoretical movements, such as feminism, and schools of American poetry, Spanish verse forms, life writing, and crime fiction.

This best-selling dictionary includes extensive coverage of traditional drama, versification, rhetoric, and literary history, as well as updated and extended advice on recommended further reading and a pronunciation guide to more than 200 terms. New to this fully revised edition are recommended entry-level web links. Boasting over 1,200 entries, it is an essential reference tool for students of literature in any language.

NEW! With the addition of a convenient Home page, a sleeker and more intuitive visual layout, as well as innovations in the speed of searches you can delve right in faster and easier than ever!

Also includes advanced search and language tools that have become the staple of quality language apps from MobiSystems, Inc.

SEARCH TOOLS - effortlessly find words thanks to a clear, functional, and easy-to-use interface.

Intelligent search integrates several tools to match or suggest what you are looking for:
 • Search autocomplete helps find words quickly by displaying predictions as you type
 • Keyword lookup allows you to search within compound words and phrases
 • An automatic ‘Fuzzy filter’ to correct word spelling, as well as ‘Wild card’ ('*' or '?') to replace a letter or entire parts of a word
 • Camera search looks up words in the camera viewfinder and displays results
 • Use our Voice search when you don't know how an entry is spelled
 • Share word definitions via installed apps on your device
 • Swipe-to-delete functionality in the Recent and Favorites menus.

LEARNING TOOLS - engaging features that help you further enhance your vocabulary.

 • ‘Favorites’ feature to create custom folders with lists of words from the extensive library
 • ‘Recent’ list to easily review looked-up words
 • ‘Word of the day’ section to expand your vocabulary daily
 • Home screen widget provides random words at a glance
 • Split screen support for Android 7 allowing you to use the dictionary simultaneously with other apps.

***This is a fully functional 30-day trial version***

Get MORE by purchasing the full version of the Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms:

 • Permanently unlock the complete features list
 • Offline mode - look up words without an internet connection
 • Premium Support – Get expedited support for any app-related issues
 • Ad-free
Updated on
Feb 9, 2024

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Ratings and reviews

4.4
452 reviews
Krishnendu Laha
March 15, 2024
Make this and other dictionaries available in the App Store. Why are there no ios version of your apps? Only the Oxford Dictionary is available there. But here on Android so many specific dictionary apps. Please please please
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Muhammad Saad
June 21, 2020
It's another scam of yours. Many literary terms are missing in this app. But they can be easily found in many other free of cost literary term dictionaries. It's pathetic that they reserve a significant part of vocabulary for other other editions. Listen! People can't afford to keep many of your apps for same purpose and keep switching from app to app to find the meaning of many important words.
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Fewdays Kombe
June 29, 2022
This app is not a good one because of it's persistence nature of asking for an exorbitant premium.if you've got to get anywhere with this app, you had better cancel that fee.talk of erasing of content after a month if you've not paid is making this app even more cumbersome.please try and refine your terms;otherwise it has a great content we are looking for.
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What's new

In our ongoing efforts to improve user experience, we've focused on refining app performance and resolving issues to ensure a more seamless and reliable experience through the world of words.