Eighty years ago, the "greatest work in dictionary-making ever undertaken" was completed. And with its enormous range, unparalleled historical depth, detailed etymologies, and inexhaustible supply of illustrative quotations, it has enriched the lives of writers, readers, and word-lovers of all stripes ever since. Begun in 1857, published in ten volumes in 1928, subsequently revised and expanded to 20 volumes in 1989, and now adopted to the electronic age, the OED has become the most venerated and most beloved English-language reference ever compiled. The key feature of the...
Eighty years ago, the "greatest work in dictionary-making ever undertaken" was completed. And with its enormous range, unparalleled historical depth, ...
When the twenty-volume Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, appeared years ago, the public response was extraordinary. The AP and UPI announced publication over their newswires. Time and Newsweek ran full-page articles. The New Yorker published an extensive essay. Virtually every major paper in American and in Great Britain covered the event. And from every corner, the praise was lavish. Time called it "a scholarly Everest." Newsweek, "a celebration of language." And Herbert Mitgang, in The New York Times, called the new OED...
When the twenty-volume Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, appeared years ago, the public response was extraordinary. The AP and UPI a...
These are the first two volumes in a major series supplementing the acclaimed Second Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary . Each volume contains 3,000 new words and meanings presented in the style of the OED, representing a variety of work-in-progress from across the alphabetical range, covering words and meanings that have recently entered the language as well as the results of further research on items already included.
These are the first two volumes in a major series supplementing the acclaimed Second Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary . Each volume contains 3...
Work in progress supplementing the OED The second in a major series of volumes supplementing the Second Edition of The Oxford English Dictionary, OED Additions Volume 2 contains, 3, 000 new words and meanings presented in OED style, and represents work-in-progress from across the alphabetic range. BL Its contents include: 3, 000 new words and senses; cumulative index of volumes 1 and 2; BL world coverage of English including the UK (exclusion order), North America (enrollee), and Australia (grummet), a wide variety of subjects, including sceince (superstring), literary theory (epiphanic), and...
Work in progress supplementing the OED The second in a major series of volumes supplementing the Second Edition of The Oxford English Dictionary, OED ...
