I am wondering does anyone know of a good pocket or otherwise petite dictionary that actually has words in it? I like to carry one around with me and don’t see the point in a dictionary that defines words like “a” or “hot” or “ask” but leaves out gems of which I don’t actually know the meaning. So, I suppose I am looking for an intermediate to advanced vocab level dictionary. Does such a thing exist? I suppose it’s difficult to discern what can be left out… but still, come on. Stupid people don’t use dictionaries because then they wouldn’t be stupid—just inquisitive.

I currently have the Oxford word mini-pocket. It’s nice, but only about 1/3 of the words I look up are actually in it. Really only works in the case of assigning precise meaning to fuzzy words that everyone sort of knows but not really.