Set the scene.
According to his son’s account, work on the historical drama Razju Vidal made Serracino Inglott search for vocabulary he could not easily find.
Here’s the twist.
That search grew into Il-Miklem Malti, a Maltese-to-Maltese dictionary. Its entries included idioms, proverbs, word origins and examples of use.
Why it still matters.
His interests also included opera history and translating Dante. Open a dictionary entry and look beyond the definition: a word can carry traces of several languages and generations.
🧠 One to think about +
What does this story change about the way you see Malta today? Pick one detail you’d tell a friend — then check its source below.