I truly believe that we are getting stupider at the hands of dictionary authors - and those who would dissuade children from reading and using a dictionary in the first place. There is so much knowledge to be gained in just understanding the derivations of words - yet hardly anyone ever even bothers to try to understand the reference to words from other languages/cultures. Maybe one way we can fight the prejudice in the world today is to encourage competent wordsmithing with the dictionary as a tool .. would love to see the whole world of software dictionaries, and lexicological tools in general, improve immensely.