The new Merriam-Webster Collegiate is nearly 5 pounds of red-covered joy

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

I haven’t owned a dictionary in years, but sometimes I miss opening a big, hardcover book. While online dictionaries are efficient, they lack the tactile experience of a physical book and, more importantly, the serendipitous discovery of a new word when looking up something else.

Merriam-Webster has announced the upcoming Twelft…