diff --git a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerdictionary.lua b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerdictionary.lua
index c588407cd..1342917bc 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerdictionary.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerdictionary.lua
@@ -646,17 +646,18 @@ function ReaderDictionary:cleanSelection(text)
     return text
 end
 
-function ReaderDictionary:showLookupInfo(word)
+function ReaderDictionary:showLookupInfo(word, show_delay)
     local text = T(self.lookup_msg, word)
-    self.lookup_progress_msg = InfoMessage:new{text=text, no_refresh_on_close=true}
+    self.lookup_progress_msg = InfoMessage:new{
+        text = text,
+        show_delay = show_delay,
+    }
     UIManager:show(self.lookup_progress_msg)
-    -- UIManager:forceRePaint()
 end
 
 function ReaderDictionary:dismissLookupInfo()
     if self.lookup_progress_msg then
         UIManager:close(self.lookup_progress_msg)
-        -- UIManager:forceRePaint()
     end
     self.lookup_progress_msg = nil
 end
@@ -819,12 +820,9 @@ function ReaderDictionary:stardictLookup(word, dict_names, fuzzy_search, box, li
         return
     end
 
-    if fuzzy_search then
-        UIManager:scheduleIn(0.5, self.showLookupInfo, self, word)
-    end
+    self:showLookupInfo(word, 0.5)
 
     local results = self:startSdcv(word, dict_names, fuzzy_search)
-    UIManager:unschedule(self.showLookupInfo)
     self:showDict(word, tidyMarkup(results), box, link)
 end
 
@@ -857,17 +855,22 @@ function ReaderDictionary:showDict(word, results, box, link)
                 self:onHtmlDictionaryLinkTapped(dictionary, html_link)
             end,
         }
+        table.insert(self.dict_window_list, self.dict_window)
+        UIManager:show(self.dict_window)
         if self.lookup_progress_msg then
-            -- If we have a lookup InfoMessage, and it's taller than us, make it refresh on close
-            if self.lookup_progress_msg[1][1] and self.lookup_progress_msg[1][1].dimen and self.lookup_progress_msg[1][1].dimen.h >= self.dict_window.height then
-                self.lookup_progress_msg.no_refresh_on_close = nil
+            -- If we have a lookup InfoMessage that ended up being displayed, make
+            -- it *not* refresh on close if it is hidden by our DictQuickLookup
+            -- to avoid refreshes competition and possible glitches
+            local msg_dimen = self.lookup_progress_msg:getVisibleArea()
+            if msg_dimen then -- not invisible
+                local dict_dimen = self.dict_window:getInitialVisibleArea()
+                if dict_dimen and dict_dimen:contains(msg_dimen) then
+                    self.lookup_progress_msg.no_refresh_on_close = true
+                end
             end
         end
-        table.insert(self.dict_window_list, self.dict_window)
-        UIManager:show(self.dict_window)
     end
 
-    -- Delay the dismiss, so we can flip the no_refresh_on_close flag if the InfoMessage is taller than the DictQuickLookup...
     self:dismissLookupInfo()
     if results and results[1] then
         UIManager:show(self.dict_window)
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/container/movablecontainer.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/container/movablecontainer.lua
index 1d6f95e85..12f0c63fd 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/container/movablecontainer.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/container/movablecontainer.lua
@@ -189,6 +189,9 @@ end
 
 function MovableContainer:onMovableSwipe(_, ges)
     logger.dbg("MovableContainer:onMovableSwipe", ges)
+    if not self.dimen then -- not yet painted
+        return false
+    end
     if not ges.pos:intersectWith(self.dimen) then
         -- with swipe, ges.pos is swipe's start position, which should
         -- be on us to consider it
@@ -216,6 +219,9 @@ function MovableContainer:onMovableTouch(_, ges)
     -- First "pan" event may already be outsise us, we need to
     -- remember any "touch" event on us prior to "pan"
     logger.dbg("MovableContainer:onMovableTouch", ges)
+    if not self.dimen then -- not yet painted
+        return false
+    end
     if ges.pos:intersectWith(self.dimen) then
         self._touch_pre_pan_was_inside = true
         self._move_relative_x = ges.pos.x
@@ -228,6 +234,9 @@ end
 
 function MovableContainer:onMovableHold(_, ges)
     logger.dbg("MovableContainer:onMovableHold", ges)
+    if not self.dimen then -- not yet painted
+        return false
+    end
     if ges.pos:intersectWith(self.dimen) then
         self._moving = true -- start of pan
         self._move_relative_x = ges.pos.x
@@ -239,6 +248,9 @@ end
 
 function MovableContainer:onMovableHoldPan(_, ges)
     logger.dbg("MovableContainer:onMovableHoldPan", ges)
+    if not self.dimen then -- not yet painted
+        return false
+    end
     -- we may sometimes not see the "hold" event
     if ges.pos:intersectWith(self.dimen) or self._moving or self._touch_pre_pan_was_inside then
         self._touch_pre_pan_was_inside = false -- reset it
@@ -250,6 +262,9 @@ end
 
 function MovableContainer:onMovableHoldRelease(_, ges)
     logger.dbg("MovableContainer:onMovableHoldRelease", ges)
+    if not self.dimen then -- not yet painted
+        return false
+    end
     if self._moving or self._touch_pre_pan_was_inside then
         self._moving = false
         if not self._move_relative_x or not self._move_relative_y then
@@ -273,6 +288,9 @@ end
 
 function MovableContainer:onMovablePan(_, ges)
     logger.dbg("MovableContainer:onMovablePan", ges)
+    if not self.dimen then -- not yet painted
+        return false
+    end
     if ges.pos:intersectWith(self.dimen) or self._moving or self._touch_pre_pan_was_inside then
         self._touch_pre_pan_was_inside = false -- reset it
         self._moving = true
@@ -285,6 +303,9 @@ end
 
 function MovableContainer:onMovablePanRelease(_, ges)
     logger.dbg("MovableContainer:onMovablePanRelease", ges)
+    if not self.dimen then -- not yet painted
+        return false
+    end
     if self._moving then
         self:_moveBy(self._move_relative_x, self._move_relative_y)
         self._moving = false
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/dictquicklookup.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/dictquicklookup.lua
index 259f507e5..3423ecc05 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/dictquicklookup.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/dictquicklookup.lua
@@ -607,6 +607,26 @@ function DictQuickLookup:update()
     end)
 end
 
+function DictQuickLookup:getInitialVisibleArea()
+    -- Some positionning happens only at paintTo() time, but we want
+    -- to know this before. So, do a bit like WidgetContainer does
+    -- (without any MovableContainer offset)
+    local dict_size = self.dict_frame:getSize()
+    local area = Geom:new{
+        w = dict_size.w,
+        h = dict_size.h,
+        x = self.region.x + math.floor((self.region.w - dict_size.w)/2)
+    }
+    if self.align == "top" then
+        area.y = self.region.y
+    elseif self.align == "bottom" then
+        area.y = self.region.y + self.region.h - dict_size.h
+    elseif self.align == "center" then
+        area.x = self.region.y + math.floor((self.region.h - dict_size.h)/2)
+    end
+    return area
+end
+
 function DictQuickLookup:onCloseWidget()
     -- Free our widget and subwidgets' resources (especially
     -- definitions' TextBoxWidget bb, HtmlBoxWidget bb and MuPDF instance,
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/infomessage.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/infomessage.lua
index f53b8e771..0f9a3dfcb 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/infomessage.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/infomessage.lua
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ local InfoMessage = InputContainer:new{
     auto_para_direction = nil,
     -- Don't call setDirty when closing the widget
     no_refresh_on_close = nil,
+    -- Only have it painted after this delay (dismissing still works before it's shown)
+    show_delay = nil,
 }
 
 function InfoMessage:init()
@@ -184,9 +186,18 @@ function InfoMessage:init()
             end
         end
     end
+
+    if self.show_delay then
+        -- Don't have UIManager setDirty us yet
+        self.invisible = true
+    end
 end
 
 function InfoMessage:onCloseWidget()
+    if self.invisible then
+        -- Still invisible, no setDirty needed
+        return true
+    end
     if self.no_refresh_on_close then
         return true
     end
@@ -198,28 +209,58 @@ function InfoMessage:onCloseWidget()
 end
 
 function InfoMessage:onShow()
-    -- triggered by the UIManager after we got successfully shown (not yet painted)
+    -- triggered by the UIManager after we got successfully show()'n (not yet painted)
+    if self.show_delay and self.invisible then
+        -- Let us be shown after this delay
+        self._delayed_show_action = function()
+            self._delayed_show_action = nil
+            self.invisible = false
+            self:onShow()
+        end
+        UIManager:scheduleIn(self.show_delay, self._delayed_show_action)
+        return true
+    end
+    -- set our region to be dirty, so UImanager will call our paintTo()
     UIManager:setDirty(self, function()
         return "ui", self[1][1].dimen
     end)
+    -- schedule us to close ourself if timeout provided
     if self.timeout then
         UIManager:scheduleIn(self.timeout, function() UIManager:close(self) end)
     end
     return true
 end
 
-function InfoMessage:onAnyKeyPressed()
-    -- triggered by our defined key events
+function InfoMessage:getVisibleArea()
+    if not self.invisible then
+        return self[1][1].dimen
+    end
+end
+
+function InfoMessage:paintTo(bb, x, y)
+    if self.invisible then
+        return
+    end
+    InputContainer.paintTo(self, bb, x, y)
+end
+
+function InfoMessage:dismiss()
+    if self._delayed_show_action then
+        UIManager:unschedule(self._delayed_show_action)
+    end
     self.dismiss_callback()
     UIManager:close(self)
+end
+
+function InfoMessage:onAnyKeyPressed()
+    self:dismiss()
     if self.readonly ~= true then
         return true
     end
 end
 
 function InfoMessage:onTapClose()
-    self.dismiss_callback()
-    UIManager:close(self)
+    self:dismiss()
     if self.readonly ~= true then
         return true
     end