I’m currently reading “All the Knowledge in the World: A History of the Encyclopedia” by Simon Garfield. It mentions a similar thought held by some around the time of the creation of the Encyclopedia Brittanica. (Late 1700s, if I recall correctly)
There were too many books, and they were being printed by just anyone. Who needs a really long dictionary, anyway?
We could always make one up. Zungenfreude, tongue joy.
Der Spruch „Vielseitig” hat mir immer Zungenfreude bereitet.
Saying “versatile” always gave me tongue-joy.
Edit: it’s pronounced “tsoong-en-froy-duh”