The Amazon Kindle e-reader has an online dictionary function that allows people to easily lookup the definitions of words they do not easily recognize. Amazon has found that 85% of readers look up a word while reading. Below are some of the most commonly looked-up words in the Kindle ecosystem.
Most Looked Up Words on Kindle
- accipitrine
- fantods
- shufti
- apishamore
- scarfpin
- vulpine
- hifalutin
- susurrus
- caliginous
- bristliness
- chilblained
- crepuscle
- tenebrific
- brumous
- susurration
- crapulent
- frangipanni
- megrims
- gobsmacked
- malacologist
- susurrant
- minacious
- repechage
- shan’t
- ensorcelled
- callipygous
- bloviate
- snogging
- spavined
- subfusc
- discombobulated
- susurrous
- cojones
- priapic
- uxoriously
- uxorious
- concupiscent
- aurochs
- chuffed
- precipitance
- emulously
- winceyette
- cachinnate
- hamartia
- preternaturally
- bacchanalia
- defenestrate
- copacetic
- kerfuffle
- fugly
- tenebrous
- avuncular
- vermiculated
- pickelhaube
- tsuris
- plagiaristic
- addlepated
- pusillanimously
- ursine
- gallimaufry
- japery
- starkers
- towheaded
- insouciant
- epicanthic
- druthers
- plangent
- gelid
- underbred
- pullulation
- rictus
- oleaginous
- treacly
- oubliette
- louche
- fuggy
Michael Kozlowski is the editor-in-chief at Good e-Reader and has written about audiobooks and e-readers for the past fifteen years. Newspapers and websites such as the CBC, CNET, Engadget, Huffington Post and the New York Times have picked up his articles. He Lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.