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In a recent column on etymologies, Attorney General Richard Thornburgh and Defense Secretary Richard Cheney were cited for their use of willynilly (Atlantic Monthly , March 1990).
General dictionaries give etymologies, albeit brief ones, of most of the words they list and fulfill a useful, if limited function.
If you have occasion to refer to this work, it would be well to keep in mind that it can be relied on for picturesque etymologies but not, necessarily, accurate ones.
However, let it become cluttered with etymologies, essays, and vocabulary that, I think, belong in more encyclopedic tomes and published at less frequent intervals, and the result is a cumbersome volume that I, for one, would not be inclined to use as the handy reference a college dictionary implies.
And the microstructure of dictionaries includes more than just definitions: it can embrace examples, illustrations, synonym essays, usage essays, etymologies, and all sorts of other information.