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| abacinate | abderian | abecedarian | abligurition | ablutophobia | acarophobia | acarophobia | acarophobia | accipitrine | accubation | acerbophobia | acerophobia | achluophobia | acouasm | acousticophobia | acrocephalic | acronycal | acronyx | adelphepothia | adelphirexia | adelphithymia | adhocracy | adoxography | aelurophobia | aeolist | aeroacrophobia | aeromancy | aerophobia | aerophobia | agapetae | agathocacological | agelast | agenhina | agerasia | agiotage | aglet | agoraphobia | agraffe | agrizoophobia | agroof | agyiophobia | ai | aichmophobia | aichmorhabdophobia | aichurophobia | ailuromancy | ailurophobia | albophobia | albuminuriaphobia | alectryomancy | alektorophobia | aleuromancy | algerining | algology | algophobia | alieniloquent | alliaceous | alliumphobia | allodoxaphobia | allotheism | alopeciaphobia | alopecist | alphamegamia | alphitomancy | alterocentric | altiloquent | altitonant | altophobia | alychiphobia | amathophobia | amaxophobia | ambeer | ambiguphobia | ambulomancy | ambulophobia | amentia | amomaxiaphobia | ampherotokous | amphigory | amphigory | amrita | amychophobia | anablepophobia | anacardic | anadipsia | anasarkas | androcracy | androlepsia | androphobia | anemophobia | angelocracy | anginophobia | anililagnia | anklyosis | ankylophobia | anoegenetic | anonymuncle | anopisthographic | anserine | anthomancy | anthophobia | anthracomancy | anthrophobia | anthropoglot | anthropolatry | anthropomancy | anthropopathy | anthropophobia | anthroposcopy | anthropotheism | antiscian | antlophobia | anuptaphobia | anxiolytic | apanthropia | apeirophobia | aphephobia | apikoros | apiophobia | apocatastasis | apodyopsis | apotheosis | apricate | aprosexia | | aquaphobia | arachibutyrophobia | arachnivorous | arachnophobia | arctophilist | arietate | aristology | aristophren | arithmophobia | armomancy | arrhenophobia | arrhenotokous | arsle | ascian | aspergillum | aspersorium | assanka | astereognosis | asthenic | asthenophobia | astragalomancy | astrapophobia | astrophobia | ataxiophobia | atelophobia | atephobia | atychiphobia | aubade | augury | aulophobia | aureate | aurophobia | austromancy | autodeist | autodidact | autodysomophobia | autohagiographer | autolatry | autology | automysophobia | autotheist | autotonsorialist | autovoxiphillia | aval | avenage | avenage | averruncator | aviatophobia |

| bacillophobia | bailiwick | baize | balatron | baldric | ballistophobia | balnearii | balnearil | barathrum | barophobia | barophobia | basiphobia | basistasiphobia | basophobia | basorexia | bataphobia | bathophobia | bathysiderodromophobia | batophobia | batrachoid | batrachophagous | batrachophobia | battology | bdellophobia | beaze | beldam | belomancy | belonephobia | bibliomancy | bibliophobia | bibliopolist | bicorne | biometeorology | bitheism | blandiloquent | blatherskite | blatteroon | blattoid | blellum | blennophobia | blepharospasm | bletcherous | blodder | boanthropy | bogyphobia | bombilate | bonnyclabber | borborygmus | botanomancy | botanophobia | bourdon | boustrophedon | bowdlerize | brachiation | brachistichrone | brachycephalic | breve | breviloquent | brevirostrate | brimborion | bromatology | bromidrosiphobia | bronteum | brontide | brontomancy | brontophobia | brump | bruxomania | buccula | buffarilla | bufoniform | burghbote | burladero | butyraceous | byrthynsak | byrthynsak

| cacestogenous | cacestogenous | cachinnation | cacodaemonomania | cacoethes | cacogen | cacohydrophobia | cacophonophilist | cacophonophilist | cacospectamania | cagamosis | cagophilist | cainophobia | cainotophobia | caitiff | callet | calligyniaphobia | callithumpian | cameralistics | campanology | cancatervate | cantabank | capernoited | capnomancy | carapace | carcinomatophobia | carcinophobia | carker | carnophobia | carphologia | cartomancy | cartomaniac | casuist | catagelophobia | catapedaphobia | cathartic | cathisophobia | catholicon | catoptomancy | catoptromancy | catoptrophobia | causeuse | ceilidh | ceilidh | cenacle | cenatory | ceneromancy | cenogamy | cephalalgic | cephalomancy | ceraunomancy | cercopithecan | cerebropathophobia | chaetophobia | chafferer | chalcenterous | chankings | charette | Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg | charientism | chavish | cheiloproclitic | cheimaphobia | cheimatophobia | chelonian | cherophobia | chiliad | chiliasm | chionophobia | chirocracy | chirognomy | chiromancy | chirotonsor | chirotony | cholangiocholecystocholedochectomy | choregus | chorophobia | chorophobia | chrematistic | chrematophobia | chrematophobia | chrestomathic | chromatophobia | chromophobia | chromotocracy | chronomancy | chronophobia | chryselephantine | chrysocracy | chrysology | chrysophobia | cibophobia | cingulomania | circumlocution | clapperdudgeon | cleidomancy | cleisiophobia | clepsammia | cleptobiosis | cleptophobia | cleromancy | climacophobia | clinomania | clinophobia | clithrophobia | cloffin | cnidophobia | cnidosiphobia | cockalorum | coenesthesis | coimetrophobia | collieshangie | colporteur | colposinquanonia | comestion | comiconomenclaturist | comprachico | comprivigni | conchologist | conchomancy | concilliabule | concionative | conventicle | coprophagan | coprophagous | coprophobia | coprostasiphobia | coriaceous | coriaceous | corsned | cosherer | cosmolatry | cosmopoietic | costermonger | cotquean | couther | crambazzle | crantara | crapulent | cremnophobia | cremnophobia | creophagous | crepitation | crepuscle | cretaceous | cribble | crithomancy | criticasters | cromnyomancy | croodle | croosle | crose | crosier | crotaline | cruciverbalist | crurophilous | cryophobia | cryptarchy | cucurbitaceous | culacino | culch | cullion | cultrivorous | cummock | cunctipotent | curglaff | curpin | cyesolagnia | cymophobia | cynanthropy | cynocephalous | cynophobia | cyprianophobia | cypridophobia | cypridophobia | cypripareuniaphile | cytology | czarevna

| dactyliology | dactylion | dactylonomy | daedalian | deasil | decidophobia | decollate | decubitis | defalcation | defecalgesiophobia | defenestrate | deiparous | deipnophobia | deipnosophy | deisidaimonia | deltiologist | dementophobia | demitoilet | demiurge | demonocracy | demonomancy | demonophobia | demophobia | dendrochronology | dendrology | dendrophillia | dendrophobia | dentiloquent | deoppilate | deorsumversion | dephlegmate | dephlogisticate | dermatoglyphics | dermatopathophobia | dermatophobia | deuterogamist | dextrophobia | dextrosinistral | dghaisa | dharna | diabolarchy | diacritics | didaskaleinophobia | didine | dikephobia | dinmont | dinophobia | diophysitic | diplasiasmus | dippoldism | dipsomanophobia | dipsophobia | discophoran | dishabillophobia | dithyramb | ditokous | diurnation | divigate | divitiphobia | doctiloquent | dolabriform | doles | dolichocephalic | dolichprosopic | dolorifuge | domatologist | domatophobia | dommerer | dompteuse | doraphobia | dorsodynia | doytin | drapetomania | dratchell | dringle | drintling | dririmancy | dromophobia | droud | dulocracy | dunnage | dunnage | dunnage | dwaible | dwale | dysania | dysepulotic | dysesthesia | dysmorphophobia | dysnomy | dysphoria | dysteleogist | dystychiphobia | dyvors

| eccedentesiast | ecclesiarchy | ecclesioclastic | ecclesiolatry | ecclesiophobia | ecdysiophile | echinoproctous | ecophobia | ectomorphic | edacious | efter | eidolism | eisegesis | eisoptrophobia | electrophobia | eleutherophillist | eleutherophobia | elurophobia | emacity | emetophobia | empleomania | emunction | encephalasthenia | endomorphic | enetophobia | engastration | enigmatology | enissophobia | enochlophobia | enoptromancy | enoptrophobia | enosiophobia | entheate | entomophobia | entredentolignumologist | eosophobia | ephemeromorph | epincion | episcopicide | epistaxiophobia | eponym | equinophobia | eremikophobia | eremology | eremophobia | eremophobia | ereuthrophobia | ergasophobia | ergophobia | eroteme | erotographophobia | erythrophobia | escutcheon | estafette | estiferous | estivation | estrapade | ethnocracy | ethnomethodology | ethnomusicology | eudemonics | eunomy | euonym | euphobia | eupsychics | eutectic | exclaustration | exennium | eximious | explaterate | exsibilation | exsufflicate | extispex | extispicy

| famulus | farctate | fashimite | favillous | feaque | feazings | febriphobia | felinophobia | felly | feriae | feriation | ferrule | ferrule | ferrule | festinate | fettler | fewterer | fibriophobia | fideism | fidimplicitary | filiopietistic | filipendulous | filipendulous | fimicoloud | fissilingual | fittie-lan | flavescent | fletcherize | flexiloquent | floccillation | floccinaucinihilipilification | fluctisonant | flyndrig | fomentation | foof | formication | fossick | franion | fremescence | friendorphobia | frisson | fritinancy | frustling | frustraneous | fruzz | fucoid | fudgeon | fulmination | fumifugist | funambulist | fungy | funkify | furfuraceous | furr-ahin | fuscoferuginous | fustilug | fyerk | fysigunkus

| gaberlunzie | galea | galeanthropy | galeophobia | galeophobia | galligantus | gambrinous | gametophobia | gamomania | gamophobia | gargalesthesia | gastromancy | gatophobia | gaum | geck | gelophobia | geloscopy | genethliacon | genethliacon | geniophobia | genuphobia | geophagy | gephyrophobia | gerasophobia | gerontocomium | gerontocracry | gerontophillia | gerontophobia | geumaphobia | geumatophobia | gigantomachize | gigantomachy | gigmania | girouettism | gliriform | glossophobia | gork | gormandizer | graminivorous | grammaticaster | grandgousier | grapholagnia | graphophobia | graptomancy | gressible | griffonage | grimthorpe | grinagog | groak | gubernator | gubernatrix | gudgeons | guidfather | guttersnipe | gymnogynomania | gymnophobia | gymnophoria | gynarchy | gynecocracy | gynephobia | gynocracy | gynonudomania | gynophobia | gynotikolobomassophilia | gyromancy | gyrovague

| hadeharia | hagiarchy | hagiocracy | hagiolatry | haingle | hajj | halidom | haliography | halomancy | hamartiologist | hamartithia | hamartophobia | hamiform | hamirostrate | haphephobia | haptephobia | haptodysphoria | harengiform | harpactophage | harpaxophobia | harridan | | haruspication | haruspicy | hasenpfeffer | havelock | hawsehole | heautontimorumenos | heautontimorumenos | hebephobia | hebesphalmology | hecatomb | hecatompedon | hederaceous | hederate | hednon | hedonophobia | heliolater | heliophobia | heliotropism | Hellenologophobia | hellenomania | helminthophobia | helminthous | hemaphobia | hematomancy | hematophagous | hematophobia | hemeralopia | hemeraphonia | hemophobia | heresyphobia | hermeneutics | herpetiform | herpetophobia | heteropraxy | hibernicism | hierocracy | hierofastidia | hieromachy | hieromancy | hierophobia | hieroscopy | higgler | hippanthropy | hippobosca | hippomancy | hippophobia | hirci | hircine | hirrient | hirsutophilia | hirsutophilia | hirudinoid | hisbid | hodophobia | homichlophobia | homilophobia | hominist | honorificabilitudinitatibus | hordarian | hormephobia | horology | horripilate | howdah | hoxter | humicubate | humuhumunukunukuapuaa | hyalophobia | hydragyophobia | hydromancy | hydrophobia | hydrophobophobia | hydrophobophobia | hyetophobia | hygrophobia | hygrophobia | hylephobia | hylephobia | hylophobia | hylotheism | hylozoism | hypegiaphobia | hypengyophobia | hyperhedonia | hypermnesia | hyperprosexia | hyperthemalgesia | hypnomancy | hypnophobia | hypnopompic | hypobulia | hypophobia | hyposmia | hypselotimophobia | hypsiphobia

| iatrapistia | iatrogenic | iatrophobia | ichnography | ichnology | ichnomancy | ichor | ichthyomancy | icker | iconomancy | icthyophobia | idolomancy | ignipotent | illeism | illyngophobia | impecunious | impecunious | inaniloquent | incicurable | incunabula | infracaninophile | interamnian | interfenestration | interfenestration | intrapreneur | iophobia | iophobia | ipsedixitism | irenology | isocracy | isopterophobia | izles

| jactancy | jactitate | jaculiferous | jarble | jauk | jecoral | jeeter | jejunator | jentacular | jeofail | jerque | jookerie | joola | jowfair | jowter | jubate | jumentous | junta

| kaffiyeh | kainophobia | kainotophobia | kakidrosiphobia | kakistocracy | kakorrhaphiophobia | kalling | kalogram | kalology | kalopsia | kamalayka | kantele | karao | katagelophobia | kathenotheism | kathisophobia | keb | kebbie | keedug | keelivine | kenophobia | kepi | keraunophobia | keraunoscopia | kerdomeletia | kerf | kevel | kinesipathy | kinesophobia | kirkbuzzer | kiyoodle | klebenleiben | klebenleiben | knissomancy | koimetrophobia | koinoniphobia | koniophobia | kopophobia | korophilia | kosmokrator | krobylos | krukolibidinous | kurveyor | kymatology | kymophobia | kynophobia | kyphophobia | kyphorrhinos | kyphotic

| labeorphilist | lachanophobia | lachanophobia | laliophobia | lalochezia | lalophobia | lanigerous | Laodicean | lapidate | lapidicolous | larging | latitudinarian | latrate | latrinalia | latrinology | latrocination | lavacultophilia | leister | lepidophobia | leptorrhinian | lestobiosis | lethologica | leukophobia | levirate | levophobia | lexiconophilist | lexiphanicism | ligyrophobia | lilapsophobia | limacine | limicolous | limnology | limnophobia | linonophobia | lirp | lithomancy | litigaphobia | loganamnosis | logastellus | logocracy | logodaedaly | logogogue | logographer | logomachist | logomachize | logomachy | logomancy | logomaniac | logomaniac | logophile | logophobia | logorrhea | lohock | longanimity | longiloquent | lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmatosilphioparaomelitokatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonoptekephalliokigklopeleiolagoiosiraiobaphetraganopterygon | lorgnette | loupe | lubberland | lucubrator | lustration | lychnobite | lygerastia | lygophobia | lypothymia | lysistrataphobia | lyssophobia | lyssophobia

| machiaphobia | mackabroin | macrobian | macrologist | macromancy | macron | maculate | maculomancy | magniloquent | maieusiophobia | maieuticophobia | malacissation | malacodermous | malaxophobia | maledicent | maledictaphobia | malophile | malversation | mammothrept | manducable | margaritomancy | mariticide | maritodespotism | maritorious | martext | mastigophobia | mataeotechny | mathemancy | matronolagnia | matutolypea | meacock | mechanophobia | meconomancy | megalophobia | megamalophile | megamalophile | melissophobia | melittology | melliloquent | mellisugent | melolagnia | melophobia | mendaciloquent | mentimutation | merdivorous | merdurinous | merinthophobia | meritocracy | mesocracy | mesomorphic | metallophobia | metapneustic | meteoromancy | meteorophobia | metopomancy | metrocracry | metrophobia | metrophobia | metutials | microlipet | micromancy | microphobia | mimp | minimifidian | misandronist | misapodysis | misarchist | misocapnist | misodoctakleidist | misogamist | misologist | misomaniac | misomath | misoneist | misopedist | misopolemiac | misoscopist | misosophist | misotramontanist | misotyrannist | misoxene | misoxeny | miter | mnemophobia | molendinaceous | molendinaceous | molysomophobia | momiology | monandry | monogenism | monomath | monopathophobia | monophobia | morologist | moromancy | mucopurulent | muleta | multiloquent | multisonous | multivious | muriphobia | museology | musophobia | mutchkin | muzhik | myctophobia | myomancy | myrmecology | myrmecophobia | myrmidon | mysophobia | mysophobia | mystacial | mytacism | mythomane | myxophobia

| nanophilia | naology | napiform | naprapathy | narcokleptocracy | narcomancy | nasicornous | nassology | natalitious | natatorium | naufragous | naupathia | navicular | neanilagnia | neanimorphism | nearomatria | nebulaphobia | nebulochaotic | necrologist | necromancy | necromimesis | necrophobia | necropoliphobia | necroponent | necyomancy | nelipot | nelophobia | neocracy | neopharmaphobia | neophillia | neophobia | neossology | neoteinia | neoteinic | nepenthe | nepheligenous | nephelophobia | nephophobia | nepiomania | nepotal | nesiote | neuromancer | nexum | nicitate | nidificate | nidor | nidorosity | nikhedonia | nippitatum | noctiphobia | noctivagant | noctivagant | noematachograph | nomancy | nomatophobia | nomiatrist | nomographer | noology | nosism | nosocomephrenia | nosocomology | nosomaniaphobia | nosophobia | nostology | nostomania | nostophobia | novercal | novercaphobia | noyade | nucamentaceous | nuciverous | nucleomitophobia | nudiustertian | nullibiety | nullipara | numerophobia | numismatist | nummamorous | nundinal | nutation | nychthemeron | nyctalopia | nycterent | nyctophobia

| obdormition | obesophobia | obliviscence | obmutescent | obnubilate | obnubilate | obsolagnium | obstipation | ochlochracy | ochlophobia | ochophobia | octan | oculoplania | odontalgia | odontomancy | odontophobia | odynophobia | oenomancy | oenophlygia | oenophobia | oikology | oikomania | oikonisus | oikophobia | oinomancy | oinophobia | olecranon | olfactphobia | oligarchy | oligophagous | oligophrenic | oligotokous | ombibulus | ombrometer | ombrophilous | ombrophobia | ombrosalgia | ommatophobia | omniana | omnierudite | omniloquent | omophagist | omoplatoscopy | omphacine | omphalomancy | omphalophobia | omphalopsychite | onamatophobia | oneirocritic | oneiromancy | oneirophobia | onimancy | oniomania | onomancy | ontology | onychomancy | onychophagy | oologist | oomancy | ophidiophobia | ophiomancy | ophiophagous | ophiophagy | ophiophobia | ophthalmophobia | opsablepsia | opsimath | opsimathiphobia | opsimatria | opsipatria | opsiproligery | opsomaniac | opsophagy | optophobia | orant | orcheotomy | orchidectomy | ornithomancy | ornithophobia | ornithoscelidaphilia | ornithoscelidaphobia | orology | orthophobia | orthopter | orthpolitiphobia | orthpraxy | oryctomancy | oryzivorous | osculant | osculaphobia | osmidrosiphobia | osmology | osmophilia | osmophobia | osphresiophobia | ossomancy | osteomancy | ostraconophobia | ostreophobia | otolaryngologist | otology | oubliette | ouranomancy | ouranophobia | outfangtheft | ovine | ovivorous | oxter | oxyacanthous | oxyesthesia | oxygeusia | oxyosphresia | oxythymous | ozostomia

| paedarchy | paedocracy | pagophagia | pagophagia | pagophobia | paleography | paleozoology | pancratic | pandiculation | pantagamy | pantaphobia | pantomancer | pantophobia | papaphobia | paparchy | papyrocracy | papyrophobia | parabolanus | paralian | paralipophobia | paramnesia | paranymph | parapraxis | parasitophobia | paraskevidekatriaphobia | parateresiomania | parergon | parisologist | parorexia | parosmia | parousiamania | parrhesiastic | parsonarchy | partheniad | parthenolagnia | parthenolatry | parthenophobia | pasilaly | passalorynchite | passulation | pataphysics | patavinity | pathenophillia | pathenophobia | pathophobia | patroiophobia | pauciloquent | paxophobia | peccatiphobia | peckerwood | pecunious | pedantrocracy | pediatricophobia | pediculophobia | pediophobia | pediophobia | pedipulate | pedotrophy | pegomancy | peladophobia | pelargic | pelology | peniaphobia | penotherapy | penphobia | pentapopemptic | pentheraphobia | perendinate | perfuncturate | periblebsis | periclitate | peripatetic | periphrastic | perissopedics | peristerophilist | peristerophily | peristerophobia | pernoctation | pernoctator | pervulgate | pessomancy | phagomania | phagophobia | phalacrophobia | phalacrophobia | phanerolagniast | phaneromania | pharmacophobia | pharology | phasmophobia | phengophobia | phigerophobia | philalethist | philandrist | philatelist | philemaphobia | philematophobia | philiater | phillumenist | philocalist | philodespot | philodox | philogeant | philographer | philogynist | philologist | philomath | philomythist | philoneist | philonoist | philophobia | philopolemicist | philoprogeneity | philosophaster | philosophobia | philosophunculist | philotherian | philoxenist | philtrum | phobologophobia | phobophobia | phonophobia | photoaugiaphobia | photophobia | phrenology | phronemophobia | phrontifugic | phrontistery | phthiriophobia | phthirophagous | phthisiophobia | phylactery | phyllomancy | physiognomancy | physitheism | physitism | phytivorous | pica | Pickelhaube | pilcrow | pillion | pillion | pilosism | pilpul | pintle | piobalreachd | piscatology | pismirism | placophobia | plangent | plangonologist | planiloquent | planomania | plastron | platyopic | pleionosis | pleniloquent | plenilune | plousiocracy | plumassier | plutarchy | plutocracy | plutocrat | plutolatry | plutomania | pluviophobia | pneumatophobia | pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis | pnigophobia | podoscaph | pogonophobia | poikilothermal | poikilothermal | poinephobia | polemology | politicaster | politicophobia | pollarchy | poltophagy | polyandry | polyapopemptic | polygyny | polylogize | polyloquent | polymath | polyphage | polyphloisboian | polyphobia | polytheism | pomology | ponerologist | ponophobia | porphyrophobia | posology | posthetomist | potamophobia | potophobia | poulaine | preantepenultimate | precibal | prelapsarian | presbycusis | presbyopia | prescient | preterist | preterition | preterpluperfect | proboscidiform | procrescophobia | proficuous | prognathous | propinquiphobia | prosophobia | prosopography | prosopolepsy | prosopolethy | psaphonic | psellism | psellismophobia | psephology | psephomancy | pseudandry | pseudoantidisestablishmentarianism | pseudogyny | pseudomancy | psilanthropism | psilanthropy | psithurism | psithurism | psychomancy | psychophobia | psychrophobia | pteridology | pteronophobia | pterylology | ptochocracy | puellaphillist | pulicose | pygalgia | pyknic | pyosis | pyrexiophobia | pyrgology | pyriform | pyrography | pyromancy | pyrophobia | pyrrhonist | pysmatic | pythogenic | pyx

| qasida | qiviut | quadragenerian | quadrel | quadrifid | quadrigamist | quadriliteral | quadrumane | quaestuary | qualtagh | quartan | quasihemidemisemiquaver | quatrayle | quean | quean | quercine | quiddler | quidnunc | quinquagesimal | quinquepartite | quisquilian | quodlibertarian | quodlibet | quoin | quomodocunquize | quotidian

| radiophobia | raith | rampasture | rasorial | reasty | recrudescence | rectalgia | rectigrade | rectiphobia | rectirostal | rectopathic | recumbentibus | recuse | redactophobia | redhibition | redubber | reest | regiphobia | rehibition | remiped | remontado | remplissage | renidification | resipiscent | resistentialism | rhabdomancy | rhabdophobia | rhabdophobia | rhabdophobia | rhadamanthine | rhapsodomancy | rhinophonia | rhombicosidodecahedron | rhypophobia | rhytiphobia | rhytiscopia | rixatrix | roil | roorback | rosacea | rouleau | rubedinous | ructation | | rugulose | rumbelow | rumbelow | rumbelow | runcation | rupestrian | rupicoline | rupophobia | rurigenous | rustication

| sabbulonarium | salutatorian | sanctiloquent | sanguinivorous | sanguivorous | saponaceous | saponaceous | saprogenic | saprophagous | saprophilous | saprostomous | saraad | sarcle | sarcophagic | sarculation | sardanapalian | sarmassophobia | sartorial | sarwan | satanophany | satrapess | saturnalian | saulie | saxatile | saxify | scacchic | scaldabanco | scapulimancy | scarpology | scatology | scatomancy | scatophagous | scatophobia | scelerophobia | schadenfreude | schematomancy | schizocarp | schoenobatist | scholaptitude | schwa | sciamachy | sciamachy | sciaphobia | sciapodous | scintillation | sciolist | sciomancy | sciophobia | scobiform | scoleciphobia | scolecophagous | scolionophobia | scopolagnia | scotch | scotomaphobia | scotophobia | scriptophobia | scutiferous | scutiferous | sebaceous | secundogeniture | secundogeniture | selachostomous | selacophobia | selaphobia | selenocentric | selenography | selenomancy | selenophobia | self-agglandize | senectitude | sepicolous | septemplicate | septimanarian | septophobia | sermocination | sesquialteral | sgiomlaireached | sgriob | shaconian | shakos | shapka | shistaceous | shoat | shurocracy | sialagogue | sialoquent | siderodromophobia | sideromancy | sideromancy | siderophobia | siffilate | siffleur | sigillate | silential | silentium | simphobia | sinistrophobia | sitiophobia | skiaphobia | skirl | skookum | skoptsy | slavocracy | sloken | sloyd | slubberdegullion | smaragdine | smatchet | smellfungus | snarf | snarf | snath | snead | snipsnapsnorum | snoach | snollygosters | snood | snup | snurl | snurt | snuzzle | soceraphobia | sociophobia | sodality | solfeggio | solivagant | solleret | somatology | somnifugous | somniloquent | sophist | sophophobia | sophophobia | sophrosyne | sorbile | sorocide | sororate | soterial | soteriology | spaneria | spanogyny | sparge | spargefaction | spartle | spasmatomancy | spatilomancy | spatulamancy | spectocloacaphobia | spectroheliokinematograph | spectrophobia | sphallolalia | spheksophobia | spheromancy | sphragistics | sphygmomanometer | spiculate | spilikins | spindrift | splanchnology | spodogenous | spodomancy | sprag | squamous | squamulose | squirearchy | stagiary | stagnicolous | stalko | stasibasiphobia | stasiphobia | staurolatry | staurophobia | steatopygic | stellionate | stenophobia | stentorian | stentorophonic | stercoricolous | sterculius | stereognosis | sternutation | sternutatory | sterquilinous | stertorous | stichomancy | stigmeology | storiology | stratephrenia | stratocracy | stridulation | strikhedonia | strumpetocracy | struthious | stultiloquent | stygiophobia | suaviloquent | suggilated | suoid | supernaculum | suppedaneum | surfeitigo | suriphobia | sutler | swarf | swinophobia | sycomancy | symmetrophobia | symposiarch | syndyasmia | syngenesophobia

| tachophobia | tachydidactic | tachydidaxy | tachygraphy | tachyphagia | tachyphrasia | taeniophobia | talaria | taligrade | tallith | tam-o-shanter | tanquam | taphephillia | taphephobia | taphephobia | tapinophobia | tarantism | tartarology | tath | tatterdemalion | taurophobia | technocracy | technophobia | tegestologist | teleophobia | telmatology | temerity | teniophobia | teratophobia | teratophobia | terebration | termagant | tessaraglot | textophobia | thaasophobia | thalassophobia | thanatophobia | thanatopsis | thaumatology | theandric | theanthropism | theanthropist | theanthropos | theanthropy | thearchy | thelyotokous | theochristic | theocracy | theocrasy | theodemocracy | theogamy | theoktony | theologaster | theologicophobia | theologoumenon | theomachy | theomancy | theomania | theomastix | theomicrist | theomorphic | theonomy | theophagy | theophany | theophilanthropist | theophobia | theophobia | theopneusty | therianthropic | theriolater | theriolatry | theriomancy | thermophobia | thixophobia | thole | threpterophilia | thrioboly | thrip | thurible | thurification | thygatrilagnia | tibialoconcupiscent | timbromaniac | timmynoggy | timocracy | tirocinium | tocology | tocophobia | toggy | tolutiloquent | tomalley | tomecide | tomentose | tomophobia | tonitrous | tonitruone | tonitruphobia | topomancy | toponymics | topophobia | topophobia | torschlusspanik | tortfeaser | toxicophobia | toxiphobia | traumatophobia | tregetour | tremophobia | trichinophobia | trichology | trichopathophobia | trichophobia | trichotillomania | tricorne | triskaidekaphobia | tritavia | tritavus | tritheism | triturate | trochilidist | trochomancy | tropoclastics | tropophobia | trullization | truttaceous | trypanophobia | tsiology | tubicination | turistaphobia | turistaphobia | tychopotamic | tycolosis | tyg | typhlology | typp | tyrannophobia | tyromancy

| uloid | ulotrichous | ultimogeniture | ultracrepidarian | ultracrepidarianism | ultroneous | unasinous | undecillion | undigenous | undinism | unigravida | uranomancy | uranomania | uranophobia | urbicolous | uredinology | uredinology | uredophobia | urimancy | urophobia | urticariaphobia | urticate | urticate | ustulate | usufruct | utlesse | uvate | uxoricide | uxorious | uxorodespotic

| vaccinophobia | valetudinarian | valgus | vaniloquent | vapulate | vastation | vaticide | vauntie | veneniferous | ventripotent | venustaphobia | verbigerate | verbivore | verbophobia | veriloquent | vermiform | vermiphobia | vernalagnia | vernorexia | vespertillian | vespertine | vespine | vesthibitionism | vestiphobia | vexillologist | vexillology | viaticum | viaticum | vibratiunculation | vibrissae | viciniphobia | vigesimation | vilipend | viraginity | virgivitiphobia | virgulate | virvestitism | vitricophobia | vittate | voidee | volower | voraginous

| waggoner | wanweird | wapperjawed | warison | wegotism | wheeple | whiddin | wimple | winx | wittol | witzchoura | witzelsucht | wlatsome | wommacky | wuntee

| xanthippe | xanthochroid | xanthous | xenarthral | xeniatrophobia | xenium | xenobombulate | xenodochiophobia | xenodochium | xenomancy | xenonosocomiophobia | xerophagy | xerophilous | xerophobia | xertz | ximelolagnia | ximelolagnia | xiphoid | xylology | xylomancy | xylophagous | xylophobia | xylopolist | xyresic

| yashmak | yataghan | yaud

| zarf | zeitgeist | zelophobia | zenzizenzizenzic | zills | zizith | zoanthropy | zob | zoonosis | zoophobia | zori | zucchetto | zygodactyl | zymology | zythepsary

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• arsey adj. (irritable, arrogant): antedate 1989
• acidy adj. (resembling acid; sharp, vinegary): antedate 1970 (now antedated to 1887)
• afferently adv.: antedate 1968 (now antedated to 1923)
• alkalimetrically adv.: postdate 1924
• all mouth and no trousers: antedate 1993 (now antedated to 1987)
• all mouth and trousers: antedate 1966
• there is a rotten/bad apple in every barrel: antedate 1971
• arith. n. and adj. = arithmetic(al): interdate 1922-1983; any exx. of = arithmetical (now interdated; antedate 1911)
• arse about face (topsy turvy) (adv. or adj. phr.): antedate 1990 (now antedated to 1946)
• artily adv.: antedate 1961
• ash v. trans. (flick ash from (a cigarette)): antedate 1939 (now antedated to 1930)
• as if! (incredulous int.): interdate 1902-1981
• asteroid field: antedate 1980 (now antedated to 1947)
• astringe v. intr. (bind, constrict): post-18th-century evidence required (interdate 1759-1982)
• astrophysically adv.: antedate 1968 (now antedated to 1923)
• asynchronously adv.: antedate 1968 (now antedated to 1892)
• attack is the best form of defence: antedate 1930 (interdate 1799-1914)
• authority figure: antedate 1954 (now antedated to 1948)
• awardee: antedate 1958 (now antedated to 1943)
• baby blues = (blue) eyes: antedate 1972 (now antedated to 1943)
• baby shower (U.S.): antedate 1967 (now antedated to 1937)
• bachelor pad: antedate 1976 (now antedated to 1963)
• back issue (of periodical): antedate 1975 (now antedated to 1868)
• backie n. (Children's slang, = a lift on one's back, a lift on the back of one's bicycle): any written evidence of N & SE English children's usage.
• back-to-back, adv. phr. (of parallel testing of two or more comparable items, esp. cars): antedate 1983 (now antedated to 1979)
• my bad int. (my fault): antedate 1987 (now antedated to 1986)
• baku (Japanese mythical eater of dreams): antedate 1902, interdate 1902-87
• batter v. (to beg): postdate 1935 (postdate 1917, intransitive) (postdate 1937, transitive)
• bawheid n. (Scottish: a person with a round face, a fool): antedate 1985
• Beantowner n. (person from Boston): antedate 1961 (now antedated to 1915)
• to bear in with (Naut. to approach): postdate 1607 (in contextual use) (postdate 1686, contextual)
• to be in with a chance: antedate 1982, as in ‘to be in [etc.]’ (now antedated to 1929, as ‘to fall in [etc.]’)
• to have been (to have been to the toilet, e.g. ‘Have you been?’; ‘Go to the toilet!’ ‘I've been’): any evidence (examples of 1959 and 1958 added; earlier and later still needed)
• been there, done that: antedate 1991 (now antedated to 1983)
• bee-stung adj. (of a woman's lips): antedate 1953 (now antedated to 1858)
• Belle Epoque (turn-of-century France): antedate 1960 (now antedated to 1950)
• Bellini (peach & champagne cocktail): antedate 1965
• bender n. (homosexual): antedate 1972
• be there for: antedate 1988 (now antedated to 1936)
• bicameralism n.: antedate 1966 (now antedated to 1906)
• big girl's blouse: antedate 1983 (now antedated to 1969)
• bike v. trans. (to deliver, or arrange for delivery, by (motor)cycle courier): antedate 1990 (now antedated to 1987)
• bitch-slap n. or v.: antedate 1991 (noun now antedated to 1987; verb still needs antedating for 1991)
• blank v.: (also blanked ppl. adj.) (= ignored, ostracized) antedate 1977
• bleatingly adv.: antedate 1986 (now antedated to 1922)
• bn. (written abbrev. of ‘billion’): antedate 1974
• bodice-ripper n. (explicit romantic novel): antedate 1981 (now antedated to 1980)
• bookable adj. (Football: e.g. ‘bookable offence’): antedate 1982 (now antedated to 1975)
• bouncy castle: antedate 1986
• box standard (in standard manufactured form; basic, or unmodified. Apparently orig. applied to motorcycles, possibly from 1950s): antedate 1983
• boyf (boyfriend): antedate 1993 (now antedated to 1990)
• brief (n.: barrister, lawyer): antedate 1970 (now antedated to 1935)
• brights (n.: headlights on full beam): antedate 1961
• cane (it) v. (to take lots of drink/drugs): antedate 1993
• caned ppl. adj. (drunk, drugged): antedate 1994 (now antedated to 1992)
• cark (it) v. (to die): antedate 1977, and any British evidence
• cat in the meal-tub: antedate 1849; any 20th century evidence (now antedated to 1839) antedate 1839; any 20th century evidence
• chance is/was a fine thing: postdate 1950 (now postdated; antedate 1912)
• chance would be a fine thing: antedate 1981 (now antedated to 1969)
• chip van (n.): antedate 1953
• chuffing adj. (e.g. a ‘chuffing train’): antedate 1920
• chuffing n. (e.g. ‘the chuffing of the train’): antedate 1984 (now antedated to 1948)
• clean sheet (an instance of no goals being scored in a match): antedate 1962 (now antedated to 1931)
• constipatedly (adv.): antedate 1961 control freakery antedate 1990
• curvy adj. (of woman or woman's figure): antedate 1961 (now antedated to 1958)
• dead leg: (noun: numb leg, esp. as a result of a kick etc.) antedate 1987
• deadleg (verb: give someone a dead leg): antedate 1972
• do someone's head in (confuse, annoy, etc.): antedate 1989
• D'oh!, Doh! (Expression of frustration used when a person has done something stupid; popularized by Homer Simpson): antedate 1993 (now antedated to 1945)
• donkey (n.: (S. Afr.) primitive water-heating device): antedate 1997
• donor fatigue: antedate 1984 (now antedated to 1973)
• don't call us .. (we'll call you) (phr.): antedate 1987, or any exx. in print (now antedated to 1959; variants also accepted (e.g. with ‘ring’))
• dowager's hump: antedate 1970 (now antedated to 1927)
• driven adj. (as by ambition, urgency etc.): antedate 1932
• easy peasy: antedate 1976
• editrix: antedate 1845
• fabbo: adj. antedate 1984
• fabby: adj. antedate 1971
• face (phr. out of / off one's face, = drunk/drugged): pre-1972 and 1972-90 exx. required antedate 1972
• fanny about or around: antedate 1971
• felch v.: antedate 1972
• felching vbl. n.: antedate 1991 (now antedated to 1989)
• fell off (the back of) a lorry/truck: antedate 1973 (now antedated to 1968)
• Fred Nerk (imaginary person): any evidence (exx. of Fred Nerk are no longer required; nerk has been dated to 1955)
• the full monty: antedate 1985
• full-on adj. and adv. (all-out, unrestrained): pre-1985 evidence in context (antedated to 1970 contextually, and to 1893 in glossaries)
• gaffer tape: antedate 1986 (for gaffer tape); antedate 1977 (for gaffer's tape)
• gay (stupid; ‘lame’): antedate 1978
• get one's head (a)round (comprehend, master): interdate 1922-81
• get real!: any pre-1987 non-glossarial evidence (antedated to 1980 contextually)
• to give someone one (= sex): antedate 1984 (now antedated to 1973)
• glatt kosher: antedate 1973 (now antedated to 1970)
• to go off on one (launch into a tirade): antedate 1993
• grandkid: antedate 1948 (now antedated to 1913)
• granny-sit v.: antedate 1979
• granny-sitting n.: antedate 1985 (now antedated to 1980)
• happy-clappy n. and adj. (of evangelical Christians): antedate 1990
• history (in phr.‘the rest is history’): antedate 1976 (now antedated to 1970)
• history (as in ‘you're history’): antedate 1983 (now antedated to 1980)
• *hoodie n. (a hooded jacket, sweatshirt, or other garment): antedate 1990
• Hungarian (attrib., in Computing): antedate 1986
• jigger v. trans. (to adjust (figures, etc), to tamper with): antedate 1976 (now antedated to 1961, and 1958 in intrans. use)
• joined-up writing/handwriting: antedate 1983
• jus (sauce or gravy, in English context): antedate 1965 (now antedated to 1889)
• kebab van (n.): antedate 1990
• keyboarder n. (a person who enters data into a computer): antedate 1971 (now antedated to 1954)
• kinkily adv.: antedate 1964
• kit (clothing; esp. in ‘to get one's kit off’, to strip): antedate 1985
• labourism, (U.S.) laborism n. (in general use, an outlook emphasizing workers' solidarity): antedate 1976
• lance the boil (fig. use only): antedate 1993 (now antedated to 1960)
• laybacking n. (Mountaineering): antedate 1955
• leeriness n.: antedate 1976 (now antedated to 1968)
• libidinally adv.: antedate 1967 (now antedated to 1923)
• listen up v. (freq. imperative, = pay attention): antedate 1970
• literately adv.: antedate 1978 (now antedated to 1954)
• lumber n. (esp. Scottish, = a casual pick-up, a date): antedate 1966
• machinable adj. (capable of being processed by machine): antedate 1960 (now antedated to 1957)
• made up (Liverpool, = happy): antedate 1980
• madreporian adj. and n.: any evidence 1883 found for adj. later examples of adj., and any examples of the noun still needed
• mailer n. (= catalogue/brochure sent by post): antedate 1958
• ma mie (= my dear): postdate 1901 (now postdated to 1933)
• mannerlessness n.: antedate 1947
• manpower v. (to provide or run (a business, project, factory, etc.) with human labour): antedate 1991 (now antedated to 1950)
• manual adj. (of the gearbox/transmission of a car): antedate 1962 (now antedated to 1926)
• mare n. (colloq., = nightmare, bad experience): antedate 1996 (now antedated to 1994)
• market-ripe (regional, = ready for marriage): postdate 1891 (now postdated to 1996; interdate 1891 and 1996)
• massy adj. (Physics: not massless): 1961 or earlier (now antedated to 1718)
• maternalistic adj.: antedate 1974 (now antedated to 1935)
• medicable adj.: postdate 1919 (sense 2 now postdated to 1996 and extended use added; sense 1 needs 1919 postdated)
• mediocrely: antedate 1987 (now antedated to 1982)
• megalitre: antedate 1971
• megiston n. (a very large number): antedate 1966 and postdate 1972 (now antedated to 1950, postdated to 1992)
• Memphian adj. (of or relating to Memphis, Tennessee): postdate 1861 (now postdated to 1995; interdating 1861-1987 now needed)
• mendacious adj.: any 18th century example (18th century examples now added)
• mendacity adj.: any 18th century example
• men in black (people believed to visit those who claim to have had an alien encounter): antedate 1986 (now antedated to 1963)
• mess up (beat up; sustain or cause injury to): antedate 1982 (non-glossarial) (now antedated to 1915)
• M/F, m/f (abbrev. male/female): antedate 1976
• miaow n. (cry of a cat): antedate 1840
• miaow v. (of a cat: to cry): antedate 1963 (now antedated to 1632)
• microfine adj.: antedate 1961 (now antedated to 1959)
• midhusband n.: antedate 1984
• mile n. (in phr.: to go the extra mile): antedate 1957 (now antedated to 1907) also variant phr. to go the second mile antedate 1922
• milk drink: antedate 1935 (now antedated to 1863)
• milk stout: antedate 1942 (now antedated to 1936)
• the mind boggles: antedate 1942 (now antedated to 1899)
• mind-boggling: antedate 1964 (now antedated to 1955)
• great minds think alike: antedate 1873 (now antedated to 1755) (interdate 1755-1873)
• mine n. (my place, house): antedate 1997 (now antedated to a1825
• minority n. (member of minority group): antedate 1976 (now antedated to 1951)
• minted a. (rich): antedate 1995
• minus v. (to subtract): antedate 1984 (now antedated to c1966)
• mirror ball (in dance-hall, etc.): antedate 1978 (now antedated to 1888)
• mirror globe (= mirror ball): antedate 1965 (now antedated to 1839)
• miscarry v., trans. use (to miscarry a baby, fetus, etc.): antedate 1979 (now antedated to 1872)
• miscarried ppl. adj. (of a fetus): antedate 1981 (now antedated to 1961)
• misconnection (any sense): interdate 1784-1951 (now interdated)
• mishit adj. (ball, etc.): antedate 1978 (now antedated to 1976)
• misorder (to make a mistake in ordering merchandise, etc.): antedate 1988 (also 1985 as a noun) (verb now antedated to 1962; exx. of noun still needed)
• misplace (to lose, mislay): antedate 1989 (now antedated to 1878)
• mission statement: antedate 1979 (now antedated to 1967)
• mississippi-table: postdate 1801
• mistruth n.: antedate 1959 (now antedated to 1944)
• moiré fringe: antedate 1956
• moiré pattern: antedate 1950 (now antedated to 1949)
• monetarily adv.: antedate 1968, but in Funk's Stand. Dict. 1895 (now antedated to 1869)
• monkishly adv.: antedate 1981, but in 1934 Webster (now antedated to a1722)
• monocleid adj. (locked with a single key): postdate 1870 (also as a noun) (now postdated to 1891)
• monopolizing, -ising adj.: postdate 1891 (now postdated to 2000)
• mood (be/get in a mood with someone, etc.): any evidence
• moon-box (theatre - device to produce representation of the moon): any evidence (now postdated to 2002)
• moony, moonie (act of exposing the buttocks): antedate 1990
• moose milk (Canad., = alcoholic drinks): antedate 1957 (now antedated to 1926, as 'wild moose milk')
• mop bucket: antedate 1941 (now antedated to 1933)
• more adj. (followed by a singular count-noun in non-standard grammatical use, e.g. ‘Get more car for your money’): antedate 1950, or any example
• mouth almighty: any evidence (antedated to 1875, and perh. to c1837; already have glossarial example 1864)
• much maligned: antedate 1932 (antedated to 1846)
• mucky pup (noun: dirty child): antedate 1984
• muggins (card game): any information (now have evidence 1855-1994)
• mukluk telegraph (word of mouth): antedate 1945, postdate 1966 (now postdated to 2000) postdate 1966 (for mukluk wireless)
• multiplicatively: antedate 1914 (appears 1895 in dicts.)
• mumpishly adv. (glumly, sulkily): any examples (1990 Google Usenet example found)
• murder v. trans. (of an item of food or drink): antedate 1980 (now antedated to 1935)
• I could murder a (curry, pint, etc.): antedate 1986 (now antedated to 1973)
• mushy peas: antedate 1981 (now antedated to 1975)
• musical statues: antedate 1955
• nails adj. (= hard as nails; as ‘he's nails’): any evidence
• na-na-na/nyah-nyah (etc.) (derisive taunt): any evidence (esp. Brit.) (now coverage 1986-1996)
• (that which is) naught (or nought) is never in danger (proverb): postdate 1889
• national heritage: antedate 1941 (now antedated to 1840)
• nave plate (hubcap): antedate 1962
• Nazi adj./n. (in general use, = authoritarian): antedate 1989 (now antedated to 1982)
• N.B. (North Britain or North British): postdate 1930 (now postdated to 1969)
• nerve storm n. (nervous frenzy): antedate 1876 (now antedated to 1874)
• nether regions (colloq./euphem., the buttocks or genitals): antedate 1973 (now antedated to 1952)
• net tracery (Archit.): interdate 1896-1993
• never-heard (adjective; as distinct from never-heard-of): antedate 1989
• New Year('s) resolution: antedate 1971 (now antedated to 1850)
• next up (=next): antedate 1982 (now antedated to 1977)
• nibbly adj. (suitable for nibbling): antedate 1978
• niblet n. (a small portion of food): antedate 1975 (now antedated to 1896)
• nickable adj.: stealable: antedate 1989
• nickel-and-dime (adjective): antedate 1937
• nickelize (verb): postdate 1890
• niger (noun: kind of goatskin): postdate 1952
• nip and tuck (cosmetic surgery): antedate 1980
• niplet (=nipple): interdate 1648-1996 (1973 example found) interdate 1648-1973
• nippie sweetie (noun: drink of spirits; sharp-tongued person): antedate 1985
• nippie sweetie (noun: sharp-tasting sweet): antedate 1987
• nippily: antedate 1961 (possibly used earlier by P. G. Wodehouse in unsourced quote ‘A panther could not have moved more nippily’.) (now antedated to 1932)
• nit nurse: antedate 1985
• noddee (person nodded at): postdate 1868 (now postdated to 2001; interdating evidence, ideally early-mid 20th century, still welcome)
• noir (noun: person with black hair): postdate 1687
• no-man's-land (dangerous, hostile place): antedate 1972 (now antedated to 1926)
• nonblocking (non-Computing senses): any written evidence (esp. pre- 1972) (1903 evidence found)
• non-homosexual n./adj.: antedate 1961 (now antedated to 1942)
• north-eastwards adv.: interdate 1589-1910 (1870 interdating found) interdate 1589-1870
• nos(e)y (noun: act of looking, out of curiosity): antedate 1990
• notice (noun: announcement read to a church congregation): postdate 1967 (now postdated to 1999)
• noughth adj. (as in noughth week, noughth symphony): antedate 1985 (now antedated to 1963)
• nul points: any evidence (1979 and later examples found) antedate 1979
• nummy adj. (US, = yummy; delicious): antedate 1988 (now antedated to 1923).
• nummies n. pl. (US, = ‘goodies’): antedate 1987
• numpty n. (stupid person): antedate 1988
• numpty adj. (stupid, foolish): antedate 1992
• nut (catch for the string on a crossbow): interdate 1702-1934 (now interdated)
• nutcake (mad person): antedate 1967 (now antedated to 1953)
• nutcracker v.: any exx. (1860-1994 evidence found)
• nyaff v. (Sc., = yelp, chatter): Any exx. (1808-1985 glossarial evidence found) Any contextual exx.
• to be off (on something) (phr., to begin to speak (about something)): antedate 1990
• off-message adj. (in politics): antedate 1993
• off-switch: antedate 1897
• omissibility (noun): antedate 1961 one-bar (a.: applied to an electric fire) antedate 1962
• one-trick pony (or horse) (n.: person/thing with limited talent): antedate 1980
• on-message adj. (in politics): antedate 1992
• ooyah! (int.: expressing pain): antedate 1959
• op. cit. (in an English text): antedate 1883 (now antedated to 1833)
• open (verb: to perform before the main act or event, as in ‘the new band were signed to open for the Beach Boys’): antedate 1969
• opsit (v.: (S. Afr.) to court): postdate 1955
• opsitting (n.: (S. Afr.) courting): postdate 1969
• orange garden: 18th century evidence required (1723 evidence found)
• Orbat (Mil., = order of battle): antedate 1990 (now antedated to 1975)
• organized religion: antedate 1946 (now antedated to 1852)
• orphan (fig., of a thing): interdate 1697-1936 (now interdated)
• Ortonesque: antedate 1976
• other half (partner): interdate 1667-1845; 1845-1975 (1667-1845 now interdated)
• oudstryder (n.: (in South African English) war veteran): antedate 1942
• our kid (Northern; used to or of a sibling): any pre-1980 evidence (now antedated to 1957)
• outie n. (kind of navel): antedate 1973 (now antedated to 1972)
• outpower (verb: outdo in power): interdate 1762-1975
• outriding (n.: land suitable for riding excursions): antedate 1989
• overcast (noun: in shipbuilding): any evidence (other than for the expression overcast staff) 1754 found antedate or postdate 1754 (now antedated to ?c1702)
• overmourn (verb: mourn excessively): interdate 1650-1998
• overplot (v.: to provide with an excessively complex plot): antedate 1961
• overshot (adj.: drunk): postdate 1942
• overtop (prep.: over the top of): antedate 1978
• oviary (n.: flock of sheep): interdate 1656-1998
• pad (n.: kind of thick ribbon): postdate 1895
• paip (also pape) (n.: cherry stone; game played with such stones): postdate 1955
• palatiness (n.: countess palatine, or wife of a count palatine): postdate 1866
• to go down the pan (v.: to go to waste, go disastrously wrong): antedate 1974
• panifiable (a.: capable of being made into bread): postdate 1849 (now postdated to 2002; interdate 1849 and 2002)
• Panglossianism: antedate 1975 (now antedated to 1968) antedate 1968
• pani puri (n.: Indian dish of filled cakes): antedate 1987 (now antedated to 1969)
• panna cotta (n.: Italian dessert): antedate 1987
• pass the parcel (n.: children's game): antedate 1968 (now antedated to 1967 in allusive use; literal antedatings sought)
• pastlessness (n.): antedate 1977
• paster n. (U.S., an adhesive label): postdate 1906 (now postdated to 1992)
• patten sandal noun: postdate 1874
• Paul-Pry (v.: to pry): postdate 1924
• pause (v.: to suspend a device using the pause button, as in ‘I paused the tape’): antedate 1981
• peak (v.: (chiefly N.Z.) to baulk, fail to ‘deliver’): postdate 1971
• Peakish (a.: relating to the Peak District of England): interdate 1681-1991
• pear-shaped adj. (= awry, wrong): any evidence (now antedated to 1983)
• peasy (a.: very easy): antedate 1989 (cf. easy peasy, currently documented from 1976)
• pee off (v.: to leave): antedate 1940
• pee ... off (v.: to annoy a person): antedate 1946
• peed-off (a.: annoyed): antedate 1990 (now antedated to 1948; further pre-1990 examples sought)
• perfect timing: antedate 1976 (now antedated to 1901)
• pegall (n.: kind of covered basket): postdate 1936
• peg doll (n.): antedate 1950
• pelter (n.: animal, person, etc., capable of moving fast): postdate 1901
• pemmicanize (v.: compress, condense): postdate 1935
• pick and mix (also pick 'n' mix) (n.: varied range of sweets etc.): antedate 1961
• pick-and-mix (also pick-'n'-mix) (a.: made up of diverse elements or items): antedate 1961 (now antedated to 1959)
• *pick up (v.: break up or dig up with a pick): postdate 1894
• pick up steam (v.: accelerate): antedate 1944 (now antedated to 1930)
• piece of piss (something easy): antedate 1974 (in contextual use)
• piecing lead n.: (printing: a lead used to separate lines when a wide measure of type is used): postdate 1888
• pig-ugly (a.): antedate 1983
• pink v.: (apply rouge to the face, cheeks, etc.): interdate 1792-1998
• pink-faced adj.: antedate 1812
• pinnaclet n.: (a small pinnacle): antedate 1905
• pirnie n.: (a conical woollen nightcap): postdate 1910
• *pitchable adj.: interdate 1486-1939
• planetography n.: interdate 1735-1936
• plank (n.: stupid or inept person): antedate 1981; also any evidence of 1980s use outside NW England
• *plantswoman (n.): antedatedate 1968
• *plausibilize (v.): interdate 1655-1984
• to play away (from home) (v.: to be unfaithful, commit adultery): antedate 1988
• plinky-plonk (a.): antedate 1971 (now antedated to 1926 (plinky-plank))
• plinky-plonky (a.): antedate 1989
• politicking vbl. n.: antedate 1928 (now antedated to 1886)
• to pop one's clogs v. phr. (to die): antedate 1989 (now antedated to 1977)
• porky (in full porky-pie, rhyming slang for ‘lie’): antedate 1985
• *poseable (a.): antedate 1965
• *posedown (n.: the final stage in a bodybuilding competition): antedate 1978
• pot (also pot down) (v.: to cook, stew): any (esp. 20th-century) evidence
• Prim (= primitive Methodist): antedate 1979 (non-glossarial)
• to have a problem with (to object to): antedate 1989 (now antedated to 1975)
• pull-quote (n.: attention-grabbing quotation): antedate 1986
• punch one's (full) weight (lit. in Boxing, or fig.): interdate 1955-1989
• put (someone) in office, esp. ellipt, as ‘put () in’: antedate 1986
• put/set the cat among(st) the pigeons: antedate 1950 (now antedated to 1945)
• *quad bike (n.): antedate 1989
• rah-rah skirt: antedate 1982 (now antedated to 1981)
• rave v. (= attend a rave party): any pre- or post-1992 evidence (now antedated to 1988 and postdated to 1994)
• reality check: antedate 1973 (now antedated to 1938)
• recreational adj. (of drug use): antedate 1972 (now antedated to 1938)
• Red Leicester (= cheese): antedate 1966
• red mercury (explosive substance): antedate 1992 (now antedated to 1991)
• redolently: antedate 1890 (now antedated to 1870)
• reedily: antedate 1961 (now antedated to 1958)
• re-exporter: antedate 1934 (now antedated to 1919)
• scag n. (poor or scruffy person): any examples (now dated 1939-2000)
• schneid (short for schneider): in Cards antedate 1967; in Sport antedate 1971
• scotch marmalade: any evidence (now dated 1800-1992)
• *scrunchie (n.): antedate 1989
• shitload n.: antedate 1972 (now antedated to 1962)
• shoot from the hip (lit., of a gunslinger): postdate 1869 literal use now postdated to 1991 (1990) further postdated to 2003
• (to use a) sledgehammer to crack a nut: antedate 1973 (now antedated to 1929)
• smart casual: antedate 1982 (now antedated to 1966)
• snake-bite n. (= a drink of cider & lager mixed): antedate 1983
• something for the weekend (condom): antedate 1990 (now antedated to 1987)
• sorted! int.: any evidence (1997 evidence found) antedate 1997
• space n. (= personal space): antedate 1981 (now antedated to 1976)
• space junk n.: antedate 1979 (now antedated to 1960)
• spar (n.: (in Caribbean English) friend, buddy): antedate 1977
• spod n. (dull or inept person): antedate 1989
• spoddy adj.: antedate 1993 (now antedated to 1990)
• stonker n. (= something impressive of its kind; a whopper): antedate 1987
• stonking adj. (= considerable; excellent): antedate 1980
• storming adj. (fantastic, brilliant): antedate 1991 (now antedated to 1988)
• sulphate v. intr. (to become sulphated): interdate 1898-1982
• swipe v. trans. (to pass a credit card through an electronic reader): antedate 1986 (now antedated to 1981)
• Swiss Army Knife (or Swiss Army Penknife): antedate 1973 (now antedated to 1935)
• take an early bath (Sport euphem.: get sent off): antedate 1969 (now antedated to 1948)
• to take bad (to become ill; in active construction, not ‘to be taken bad’): any evidence (now antedated to 1853; antedate 1853 or interdate 1853-1979)
• termiting n. (the extraction of termites for food): antedate 1968
• texting n.: antedate 1982 (providing, etc., text: now antedated to 1955) (sending text messages: antedate 1999)
• thing (in phr. to do the (lunch, work, etc.) thing): antedate 1989 (now antedated to 1986)
• throw one's rattle out of the pram/cot v.: (lose one's temper, throw a tantrum): antedate 1988
• throw one's toys out of the pram/cot v.: (lose one's temper, throw a tantrum): antedate 1989
• *tikka masala (n.): antedate 1975
• tipitiwitchet, tippitiwitchet, etc. (US, = Venus fly-trap): interdate 1763-1940
• off one's tits: antedate 1994 (now antedated to 1993)
• toast (finished, ‘done for’, as in ‘you're toast’): antedate 1987 (now antedated to 1983)
• tom yam, tom yum (kung/gung) n. (Thai soup): antedate 1978 (now antedated to 1977)
• to touch (or hit) a raw nerve: antedate 1962 (now antedated to 1899)
• trailer trash (US derog. & offensive): antedate 1984 (now antedated to 1943)
• treacle tart n.: antedate 1919 (now antedated to 1893)
• trebly adj. (of esp. recorded sound): antedate 1978 (now antedated to 1975)
• unsung hero(ine): antedate 1934 (now antedated to 1899)
• vital signs: antedate 1969 (now antedated to 1871)
• to watch one's (or someone's) back: antedate 1974 (now antedated to 1951)
• wazzock n. (stupid or annoying person): antedate 1984
• Wellington (in names of dishes, esp. Beef Wellington): antedate 1965 (now antedated to 1947)
• wife-beater (sleeveless T-shirt, vest): antedate 1993
• wonga n. (money): antedate 1989
• worldlet n. (little world): antedate 1926 (now antedated to 1925)

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X Y youtube.com - OD Oxford Dictionaries - Language matters (E?)(L?) https://www.youtube.com/user/OxfordDictionaries Oxford Dictionaries Erstellt: 2017-04 Z Bücher zur Kategorie: Etymologie, Etimología, Étymologie, Etimologia, Etymology, (griech.) etymología, (lat.) etymologia, (esper.) etimologio UK Vereinigtes Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland, Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte, Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord, Regno Unito di Gran Bretagna e Irlanda del Nord, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, (esper.) Britujo Diktionär, Diccionario, Dictionnaire, Dizionario, Dictionary, (esper.) vortaroj A Ayto, John Dictionary of Word Origins Histories of More Than 8,000 English-Language Words Taschenbuch: 592 Seiten Verlag: Arcade Publishing; Auflage: Reprint (November 1993) Sprache: Englisch Learn about the hidden and often surprising histories of and connections between English words and their non-English ancestors. Perhaps the best inexpensive etymological dictionary available today. Ayto, John Oxford School Dictionary of Word Origins Gebundene Ausgabe: 512 Seiten Verlag: Oxford Childrens Books (Juli 2002) Sprache: Englisch Kurzbeschreibung The most comprehensive etymological dictionary of the English language - written for today's school students. Each headword entry gives the complete story of how a particular word came into the English language and evolved over time. Synopsis This work is trialled and tested in schools. For the first time a comprehensive dictionary of word origins will be available for all school students. Each headword entry gives a complete and fascinating story about how a particular word came into the English language and evolved over time. In addition, each headword entry includes meanings and how each word is used in context. It also includes 40 extended panels covering a range of themes like: other languages which gave vocabulary to the English language form Arabic and Australian-Aboriginal to Urdu and Yiddish; acronyms (AIDS, NATO), eponyms (Wellingtons), invented words (nylon, spoof), shortened words (photo, exam), blends (motor and hotel became motel) and folk etymology; and subjects students are interested in, ranging from food and drink, animals, sports, space, to first names and illnesses. B Bailey, Nathaniel Universal Etymological English Dictionary Gebundene Ausgabe: 486 Seiten Verlag: G. Olms (1969) Barnhart, Robert K. (Ed.) Chambers Dictionary of Etymology The origins and development of over 25,000 English words This is a dictionary of word origin designed to be a useful reference source for the general reader as well as an important etymological resource for the expert. It contains over 30,000 entries. (E?)(L?) http://www.jokers.de/3/14236372-1/buch/chambers-dictionary-of-etymology.html 1320 Seiten, Maße: 25,6 cm, Gebunden, Englisch Verlag: Chambers ISBN-10: 0550142304 ISBN-13: 9780550142306 (E?)(L?) http://www.weltbild.de/artikel.php?artikelnummer=1363555 Repr. 2000. XXVII, 1284 p. 25,5 cm; Geb; Englisch Ed. by Robert K. Barnhart GB, 2000 (E?)(L?) http://www.worldwidewords.org/reviews/chamdictetym.htm CHAMBERS DICTIONARY OF ETYMOLOGY Edited by Robert K Barnhart ... There are quite a number of books dealing with the origins of individual words, but most are highly selective in their choice of terms and they are variably reliable. (The best and most scholarly is probably John Ayto’s Dictionary of Word Origins, but I would also mention The Merriam-Webster New Book of Word Histories, which has longish articles on a small range of key words.) ... This book will be most useful to students of the language and to general readers who want more detail than can be gleaned from the average dictionary. Despite its physical size, approaching that of a desk dictionary, its scope is limited to the most common 25,000 or so words (only a small proportion of those in the average desk dictionary, though many more than in the other works cited above). Deep delvers will need to seek out a more detailed etymological work for less common terms. And its 1988 date of publication means that very recent words are excluded. ... Erstellt: 2015-02 Barnhart, Robert K. (Autor) Concise Dictionary of Etymology Gebundene Ausgabe: 944 Seiten Verlag: Collins Reference; Auflage: 1 (1. Januar 1900) Sprache: Englisch Kurzbeschreibung As all lovers of language know, words are the source of our very understanding of ourselves and the world around us. Often, however, our use of language is so automatic that we neglect to consider where those words came from and what they assume. What are the implications, beyond the simple dictionary definitions, of using words such as "privilege", "hysteria", "seminal" and "gyp"? Browsing through the pages of "The Barhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology" is likeexploring the historical, political, and rhetorical wonderland of our linguistic heritage. We see the evolution of ideas, as rootword connections that now seem arbitrary are traced to schools of thought from the past. We also find an opportunity to examine how the sometimes backwards, sometimes hilarious, and sometimes illuminating ideologies built into our language affect our modern thinking. Written in a fresh, accessible style, this book provides the derivations of over 21,000 English-language words without resorting to the use of abbreviations, symbols, or technical terminology. Drawing on the most current American scholarship, and focusing onthe core words in contemporary English, "The Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology" is both a diverting browse and a thinking person's Bible. Über den Autor Robert K. Barnhart is a respected lexicographer and author of several dictionaries, including The Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology, the World Book Dictionary, the Thorndlike-Barnhart School Dictionaries and the Barnhart Dictionaries of New English. (E?)(L?) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Barnhart Erstellt: 2011-06 Berg, Donna Lee A Guide to the Oxford English Dictionary Gebundene Ausgabe: 224 Seiten Verlag: Oxford University Press (August 1993) Sprache: Englisch Synopsis Which other dictionary contains 290,500 entries, 616,500 word forms, and two-and-a-half million quotations? The "Oxford English Dictionary" is regarded as "the greatest reference book ever written", and this guide provides an insight into the conventions and compilation of its Second Edition. Donna Lee Berg gives an analysis of the components of a typical entry: pronunciation; part of speech; labels indicating, for example, areas of origin or use; variants; etymology; the definition itself; and the supporting quotation paragraph. There are sections on special types of entries such as acronyms and proper names, the history of the Dictionary, and fascinating facts and figures: word with the most meanings - set (464); most quoted author - Shakespeare (29,142); earliest dated words - town & priest (both AD 601-4); S has 34,556 entries compared to X's 152. (E?)(L?) http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/dic/oed/dictionary.html 1879 - 1928 Oxford English Dictionary The idea for this enormously complex dictionary was first dreamt up in the 1850s. The plan was to create a vast and comprehensive collection of English words, those from the Early Middle English period (1150) onwards, a lexicon of the language more complete than any English dictionary-maker had ever attempted. ... (E?)(L?) https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/12/books/you-could-look-it-up.html You Could Look It Up By WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY JR.OCT. 12, 2003 THE MEANING OF EVERYTHING The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary. By Simon Winchester. Illustrated. 260 pp. New York: IN 1875, more than 15 years after the "Philological Society of London" had set out to assemble a new English dictionary, the incumbent editor, Frederick Furnivall, acknowledged that he had simply bogged down. New blood was needed. A member of the society came across a 10-year-old application for employment in the British Museum Library. The applicant was one James Murray, son of a linen draper, sometime bank clerk, now 38 years old and seeking extra work to supplement his meager earnings from the Mill Hill School, where he was teaching schoolboys while raising his own 11 children. ... Burchfield, Robert W. Caught in the Web of Words James Murray and the Oxford English Dictionary Taschenbuch: 400 Seiten Verlag: Yale University Press; Auflage: Reprint (März 2001) Sprache: Englisch Anthony Burgess "It is a magnificent story of a magnificent man, one of the finest biographies of the twentieth century, as its subject was one of the finest human beings of the nineteenth." The Times "A moving and dramatic story ... sometimes tragic, often comic, ultimately triumphant." The Times C Cresswell, Julia (Autor) Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins Taschenbuch: 512 Seiten Verlag: Oxford University Press; Auflage: 2nd edition. (10. Juli 2010) Sprache: Englisch Kurzbeschreibung Combining both accessibility and authority, the Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins describes the origins and development of over 3,000 words and phrases in the English language. The book draws on Oxford's unrivalled dictionary research programme and language monitoring, and relates the fascinating stories behind many of our most curious terms and expressions in order to offer the reader a much more explicit account than can be found in a general English dictionary. Organized A-Z, the entries include first known use along with examples that illustrate the many faces of the particular word or phrase, from 'handsome' to 'bachelor' and 'cute' to 'baby', from 'pagan' to 'palaver' and 'toff' to 'torpedo'. Also featured are almost 20 special panels that cover expressions common in English but drawn from other languages, such as 'coffee', 'sugar', and 'candy' from Arabic or 'booze', 'brandy', and 'gin' (Dutch). This absorbing volume is useful for language students and enthusiasts, but also an intriguing read for any person interested in the development of the English language and of language development in general. Includes an extended introduction on the history of the English language. Über den Autor Julia Cresswell is an experienced author and researcher who worked on the 4th edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. (E?)(L?) http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199547937.do Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins Second Edition Julia Cresswell Oxford Paperback Reference 512 pages | 196x129mm 978-0-19-954793-7 | Paperback | 09 September 2010 Price: £9.99 The origins of over 3,000 words and phrases uncovered Almost 20 feature panels on expressions from other languages Draws on Oxford's unrivalled dictionary research and language monitoring An extended introduction on the history of the English language Authority matched with accessibility Readership: Suitable for language enthusiasts and language students, or any adult or young person interested in words and their development; academic libraries; dictionary compilers. Erstellt: 2012-11 D E F Friedrichsen, G. W. S. Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology Gebundene Ausgabe: 1042 Seiten Verlag: Oxford University Press (Dezember 1966) Sprache: Englisch Dr. C.T. Onions first joined the staff of the Oxford English Dictionary in 1895. He worked on the OED, the Shorter OED, and then published his Shakespeare Glossary in 1911. A wonderful and learned scholar, he died in 1966 as the first edition of The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology was going to press. Assisted by G.W.S. Friedrichsen and R.W. Burchfield, Onions created a magnificent work of erudition, with 24,000 main entries. Including their derivatives, the dictionary delves into the origins of more than 38,000 words. For each entry, the dictionary provides the correct pronunciation, followed by a short definition, and the century and source of the word's first recording. Then come the etymological notes. Thus one learns that "froth" (an aggregation of small bubbles on liquid) was first noted in the 14th century, in Sir Gawain and the Bible, that it comes from the Old Norse frooa, and was taken from there into German (fraup) and Old English (froth). Now in its fifth printing and a standard reference for scholars, Onions's opus is still the most comprehensive etymological dictionary of English ever to be published. Stephanie Gold G H Hoad, T. F. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology Oxford - The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology Taschenbuch: 568 Seiten Verlag: Oxford University Press; Auflage: New Ed (3. Juni 1993) Sprache: Englisch Synopsis Where did the words "bungalow" and "assassin" derive? What did "nice" mean in the Middle Ages? How were "adder", "anger", and "umpire" originally spelt? The answers can be found in this essential companion to any popular dictionary. With over 17,000 entries, this is the most authoritative and comprehensive guide to word origins available in paperback. Based on The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology, the principal authority on the origin and development of English words, it contains a wealth of information about our language and its history. (E?)(L?) http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780192830982.do The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology Edited by T. F. Hoad Oxford Paperbacks Oxford Paperback Reference 576 pages | 196x129mm 978-0-19-283098-2 | Paperback | 03 June 1993 Price: £10.99 A fascinating guide to our language and its history. The principal authority on the origin and development of English words. (E?)(L?) http://www.weltbild.de/artikel.php?artikelnummer=2695143 Reissued ed. 1996. 568 p. 20 cm; Kt; Englisch Ed. by T. F. Hoad Oxford University Press, 1996 Erstellt: 2012-11 Hulbert, James R. Dictionaries: British and American Gebundene Ausgabe: 112 Seiten Verlag: Ashgate Publishing Group (Mai 1968) I J Johnson, Samuel Dictionary of the English Language English Language Dictionary (E?)(L?) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Dictionary_of_the_English_Language Selections from the 1755 Work That Defined the English Language. K L Landau, Sidney Dictionaries: The Art and Craft of Lexicography Taschenbuch: 494 Seiten Verlag: Cambridge University Press; Auflage: 2nd (April 2001) Sprache: Englisch Synopsis This second edition of Sidney I. Landau's landmark work offers a comprehensive and completely up-to-date description of how dictionaries are researched and written, with particular attention to the ways in which computer technology has changed modern lexicography. A completely new chapter has been added and every chapter has been updated and reorganized to reflect the changes. Landau has an insider's practical knowledge of making dictionaries and every feature of the dictionary is examined and explained, with frequent examples given from the latest dictionaries of the US and Britain. A history of English lexicography is also included. The book is both practically grounded and soundly based on current lexicographic scholarship. Written in a readable style, free of jargon and unnecessary technical language, it will appeal to readers who are simply interested in dictionaries, with no specialist knowledge of the field, as well as to professional lexicographers. Liberman, Anatoly (Autor) Mitchell, J. Lawrence (Künstler) An Analytic Dictionary of English Etymology An Introduction Gebundene Ausgabe: 368 Seiten Verlag: Univ of Minnesota Pr; Auflage: Revised and Sec. (6. März 2008) Sprache: Englisch Kurzbeschreibung This work introduces renowned linguistics scholar Anatoly Liberman’s comprehensive dictionary and bibliography of the etymology of English words. The English etymological dictionaries published in the past claim to have solved the mysteries of word origins even when those origins have been widely disputed. An Analytic Dictionary of English Etymology by contrast, discusses all of the existing derivations of English words and proposes the best one. In the inaugural volume, Liberman addresses fifty-five words traditionally dismissed as being of unknown etymology. Some of the entries are among the most commonly used words in English, including "man", "boy", "girl", "bird", "brain", "understand", "key", "ever", and "yet". Others are slang: "mooch", "nudge", "pimp", "filch", "gawk", and "skedaddle". Many, such as "beacon", "oat", "hemlock", "ivy", and "toad", have existed for centuries, whereas some have appeared more recently, for example, "slang", "kitty-corner", and "Jeep". They are all united by their etymological obscurity. This unique resource book discusses the main problems in the methodology of etymological research and contains indexes of subjects, names, and all of the root words. Each entry is a full-fledged article, shedding light for the first time on the source of some of the most widely disputed word origins in the English language. “Anatoly Liberman is one of the leading scholars in the field of English etymology. Undoubtedly his work will be an indispensable tool for the ongoing revision of the etymological component of the entries in the Oxford English Dictionary.” —Bernhard Diensberg, OED consultant, French etymologies Anatoly Liberman is professor of Germanic philology at the University of Minnesota. He has published many works, including 16 books, most recently Word Origins . . . and How We Know Them: Etymology for Everyone. Synopsis Liberman (Germanic philology, University of Minnesota) doesn't tell us the root of every word in English. Instead he picks some of the one that interest him most, like "boy", "jeep", "mooch", "fag", and "witch". His long training in the sources of words gives him the expertise to sift through centuries of theories. Erstellt: 2010-09 M merriam-webster.com (Herausgeber) Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's English Dictionary Taschenbuch: 2032 Seiten Verlag: Merriam Webster Dictionaries; Auflage: illustrated edition (1. Oktober 2008) Sprache: Englisch Erstellt: 2011-06 Morris, William (Autor) Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins Gebundene Ausgabe: 688 Seiten Verlag: Collins Reference; Auflage: 0002 (27. April 1988) Sprache: Englisch Kurzbeschreibung The first Edition of the "Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins detailed the fascinating and little known stories behind thousands of words and phrases that we use every day. In this new edition, William and Mary Morris update and expand their classic work to keep pace with our ever changing language. New entries include: "New trends" - "crack", "glitch", "greenmail", Harrier attack airplanes "Foreign terms" - "falafel", "geisha", "jihad", "paparazzi" People - "batman", "dead end kid", "Dutch uncle", "hatchet man", "Young Turks" "Given names" - "Chester", "Edith", "Jennifer" and others "Food" - "Adam and Eve on a raft", "alligator pear", "grapefruit", "Harriet Lane" "Sports" - "box score", "cheese champions", "full court press" "and many more" Throughout the Morris' s present the histories of intriguing expressions in an eminently entertaining and readable fashion. Erstellt: 2011-06 Morton, Herbert C. The Story of Webster's Third Philip Gove's Controversial Dictionary and Its Critics Broschiert: 348 Seiten Verlag: Cambridge University Press; Auflage: Reprint (7. September 1995) Sprache: Englisch Synopsis The publication of Webster's Third New International Dictionary in 1961 set off a storm of controversy in both the popular press and in scholarly journals that was virtually unprecedented in its scope and intensity. This is the first full account of the controversy, set within the larger background of how the dictionary was planned and put together by its editor-in-chief, Philip Babcock Gove. Based on original research and interviews with the people who knew and worked with Gove, this is a human story as well as the story of the making of a dictionary. The author skilfully interweaves an account of Gove's character and working habits with the evolution of the dictionary. The reception given Webster's Third - now widely regarded as one of the greatest dictionaries of our time - illuminates public misconceptions about language and the role of dictionaries. Mugglestone, Lynda Lexicography and the OED Pioneers in the Untrodden Forest (Oxford Studies in Lexicography and Lexicology) Gebundene Ausgabe: 304 Seiten Verlag: Oxford University Press (Mai 2000) Sprache: Englisch Synopsis Lexicography and the OED: Pioneers in the Untrodden Forest sets out to explore the pioneering endeavours in both lexicography and lexicology which led to the making of the first English dictionary published by Oxford. Deliberately conceived as a new departure in English lexicography, the first OED, as James Murray stressed, was to be founded on an unequivocal return to first principles, both in the nature of its construction and in the evidence amassed for its compilation. It also produced, as this book shows, a host of problems: on the nature of Englishness, correctness, and general standards of language use, as well as in aspects of pronunciation, semantics, and syntax. Often making use of previously unpublished archive material, this collection of twelve essays provides both a range of perspectives from which the dictionary can be approached, and also explores the particular problems posed by the attempt to realize the pioneering acts of lexicography integral to the making of the dictionary. N O Onions, Charles Talbut Friedrichsen, G. W. S. Burchfield, Robert W. (Hg.) Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology Gebundene Ausgabe: 1042 Seiten Verlag: Oxford University Press (Dez. 1966) Sprache: Englisch Dr. C.T. Onions first joined the staff of the Oxford English Dictionary in 1895. He worked on the OED, the Shorter OED, and then published his Shakespeare Glossary in 1911. A wonderful and learned scholar, he died in 1966 as the first edition of The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology was going to press. Assisted by G.W.S. Friedrichsen and R.W. Burchfield, Onions created a magnificent work of erudition, with 24,000 main entries. Including their derivatives, the dictionary delves into the origins of more than 38,000 words. For each entry, the dictionary provides the correct pronunciation, followed by a short definition, and the century and source of the word's first recording. Then come the etymological notes. Thus one learns that "froth" (an aggregation of small bubbles on liquid) was first noted in the 14th century, in Sir Gawain and the Bible, that it comes from the Old Norse frooa, and was taken from there into German (fraup) and Old English (froth). Now in its fifth printing and a standard reference for scholars, Onions's opus is still the most comprehensive etymological dictionary of English ever to be published. Stephanie Gold Synopsis With the assistance of: Friedrichsen, G. W. S.; Unknown function: Burchfield, R. W. (E?)(L?) http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/MediaNews/2004/07/06/527123.html Oxford dictionary editor dies LONDON (AP) - Robert Burchfield, a daring and innovative lexicographer who was chief editor of the Oxford English Dictionaries from 1971 to 1984, has died at the age of 81, Oxford University Press said Tuesday. ... C.T. Onions, a former OED editor, encouraged his interest in lexicography, and Burchfield helped Onions on his Dictionary of English Etymology, published in 1966. ... 7. The Oxford Dictionary of English etymology - Onions, Charles T.. - Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1967 (E?)(L?) http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0836670.html Onions, C. T. (Charles Talbut Onions), 1873-1965, English philologist, lexicographer, author, and editor. After a post with British Naval Intelligence in World War I, he held a fellowship at Magdalen College, Oxford, and from 1927 to 1949 was a reader at Oxford. Onions served as coeditor of the Oxford English Dictionary until its completion in 1933. He also edited the two-volume Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (1933, 1936, 1944) and was preparing the Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology when he died. His other works include A Shakespeare Glossary (1911). (E?)(L?) https://www.dictionary.com/ (E?)(L?) http://www.spock.com/Charles-Talbut-Onions Oxford University Press Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English Gebundene Ausgabe: 1920 Seiten Verlag: Oxford University Press; Auflage: 7. Auflage (2005) Erstellt: 2011-06 Oxford University Press (Herausgeber) Shorter Oxford English Dictionary Gebundene Ausgabe: 3742 Seiten Verlag: Oxford University Press; Auflage: 6th ed. (20. September 2007) Sprache: Englisch Kurzbeschreibung Encompassing all words current in general English from 1700 to the present day, this dictionary provides more than 500,000 definitions and more than 83,000 quotations from seven thousand authors. (E?)(L?) http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199206872.do Shorter Oxford English Dictionary Sixth Edition Oxford Dictionaries 3,804 pages | 279x216mm 978-0-19-920687-2 | Hardback | 20 September 2007 Also available as: Software CD-ROM | Pack | Hardback Price: £95.00 Now includes a free six month subscription to OED Online - worth over £100 Contains more than 600,000 words, phrases, and definitions, with coverage of language from the entire English-speaking world, from North America and the UK to South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, and the Caribbean Fully updated with 2,500 new words and meanings based on the ongoing research programme of Oxford Dictionaries and the Oxford English Corpus Contains all the vocabulary current in general English from 1700 to the present day, as well as earlier major literary works, including Shakespeare, Milton's poetry, the Authorized Version of the Bible, and Spenser's Faerie Queene Excellent coverage of all types of English encompassing slang, dialect words, technical, historical, and literary terms, and rare and obsolete words Contains over 80,000 quotations illustrating words in use throughout the centuries and thousands of newly discovered antedatings based on the ongoing research for the OED A never-before-published, introductory essay by the eminent language commentator David Crystal on the History of English provides a stimulating insight into the development of the English language Completely refreshed design and layout highlights the links between meanings and quotations for ease of use and aesthetic appeal From the beginning, the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary was intended to be an abridgement of the full Oxford English Dictionary. The first editor, William Little, was appointed in 1902. He worked on it until his death in 1922, after which the dictionary was completed by H. W. Fowler, Jessie Coulson, and C. T. Onions. The First Edition was published in 1933, in two volumes. The Second Edition, published in 1936, contained about 3,000 revisions and additions. The Third Edition (1944) contained an appendix of addenda and corrigenda, and this edition was reprinted several times with corrections and additions, the most significant being in 1973, with enlarged addenda (now running to over 70 pages) and a major revision of all the etymologies. The New Shorter was prepared under the editorship of Lesley Brown 1980-1993. It was the first complete revision of the dictionary, being in fact not so much an overhaul of the existing text as a reabridgement of the OED and its Supplements. The Fifth Edition was published in 2002, and reverted to the name Shorter Oxford English Dictionary to emphasize the link between this 2-volume dictionary and the original 20-volume OED. The Sixth Edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary provides a complete update of this unique reference work. Based on the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary, the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary contains an incredible one-third of the coverage of the Oxford English Dictionary, is just one-tenth of the size, and includes all words in current English from 1700 to the present day, plus the vocabulary of Shakespeare, the Bible and other major works in English from before 1700. The new edition, with a new introductory essay by language expert David Crystal on the History of English, includes 2,500 new words and senses, plus thousands of antedatings of existing words, drawing on the huge ongoing research project for the Oxford English Dictionary and the wealth of information on language in use provided by the Oxford English Corpus. In addition, the work includes many new quotations from recent authors, a refreshed design, and a complete review of spelling forms and defining vocabulary, making it the most authoritative reference work available for both modern and historical English. For scholars and everyone with a serious interest in the English language, the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary is an unrivalled resource, providing a unique description of the historical development of the language together with excellent coverage of current English. The Sixth Edition showcases the best of the traditional strengths of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, while bringing it up to date in its scholarship and research, in the design and layout, and in its treatment of the changing face of English. Readership: Scholars, researchers, and anyone with a serious interest in, and love for, the English language. With new coverage of global English, as well as slang, dialect, technical, historical, and literary terms, and rare and obsolete words, the Sixth Edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary allows the general reader access to an unparalleled level of scholarship, as well as being an essential tool for academics and researchers. Erstellt: 2012-11 P Partridge, Eric Origins A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English (E?)(L?) http://www.kohlibri.de/xtcommerce/knv_product_info.php/knvi/k9780415474337_Origins.html 2008. 972 Seiten Kartoniert/Broschiert Sprache : Englisch (E?)(L?) http://adb.anu.edu.au/biographies/name/ (E?)(L?) http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/partridge-eric-honeywood-7969 Denison, Corrie see Partridge, Eric Honeywood Partridge, Eric Honeywood (1894-1979) lexicographer, writer and soldier (E?)(L2) http://www.britannica.com/ Partridge, Eric (British lexicographer) Partridge, Eric Honeywood (British lexicographer) Erstellt: 2014-10 Pons Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary Gebundene Ausgabe: 1632 Seiten Verlag: Klett; Auflage: 3., veränd. A. (31. August 2008) Sprache: Englisch Kurzbeschreibung Vollständige Neubearbeitung: Seine große Benutzerfreundlichkeit, fundierter sprachlicher Input und intuitiv bedienbare Software der Spitzenklasse machen das Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary zum idealen Lernerwörterbuch für Fortgeschrittene. Hochaktueller Wortschatz mit zahlreichen Neuwörtern (z. B. drill down, food miles, life coach) Übersichtliches Layout, hervorgehobene Haupteinträge Phonetische Umschrift für britisches und amerikanisches Englisch, Angabe des Sprachniveaus und regionaler Verwendung Klare und verständliche Definitionen, veranschaulicht an authentischen Beispielsätzen aus dem Cambridge International Corpus sowie an zahlreichen Illustrationen und Farbfotos Word Partner Boxes veranschaulichen Verwendung der Wörter im Zusammenhang Kennzeichnung der wichtigsten und am häufigsten gebrauchten Wörter mit Schlüsselsymbolen Hinweise auf häufige Fehlerquellen, die anhand des Cambridge Learner Corpus ermittelt wurden Thesaurus-Boxes zeigen Alternativen zu übermäßig gebrauchten Wörtern Extra help section behandelt häufige sprachliche Schwierigkeiten Talk section fördert gezielt den mündlichen Ausdruck Zahlreiche Extras im Anhang, wie z.B. Idiom Finder, Infos zu Wortbildungsmustern, unregelmäßigen Verben und Eigennamen CD-ROM Enthält das gesamte Wörterbuch und zusätzlich Komplette Sprachausgabe: britisches und amerikanisches Englisch Sprachlaborfunktion SMART Thesaurus-Funktion: mit nur einem Klick Verwandlung in Synonymwörterbuch QUICKfind: automatisches Nachschlagen im Direktsuche-Fenster mittels Cursor SUPERwrite Schreibassistent: Findet schnell das treffenden Wort Tausende Wendungen und Beispielsätze zusätzlich zum Buch Hunderte interaktiver Übungen zu Grammatik Wortschatz und Cambridge Exams (FCE, CAE, CPE, IELTS und BEC) Über das Produkt A brand new edition of the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary and CD-ROM, that is now more user-friendly than ever. Erstellt: 2011-06 PONS Cobuild English Learner's Dictionary Taschenbuch: 1322 Seiten Verlag: Klett (Juni 2003) Kurzbeschreibung Lernerwörterbuch mit ca. 60.000 Stichwörtern und Wendungen. Einfacher Definitionswortschatz. Jetzt mit blauen Stichwörtern. Für Sekundarstufe I ab Klasse 9/10 und Sekundarstufe II. Format: 14,8 x 22 cm. 1.344 Seiten. Klappentext Vollständige Neubearbeitung und Neukonzeption Basierend auf dem Bank of English Korpus mit mehr als 250 Millionen Wörtern Erweitert: Jetzt ca. 60000 Stichwörter und Wendungen mit zahlreichen Neuwörtern und neuen Bedeutungen Ca. 55000 neue Beispielsätze aus dem Bank of English Korpus Lernfreundlich: leichtverständliche Definitionen erklären in vollständigen Sätzen die verschiedenen Bedeutungen eines Stichworts Übersichtlich: Angaben zu Grammatik, regionalem und stilistischem Gebrauch in der bewährten Randleiste Neu: Angabe zur Frequenz der Wörter Berücksichtigung des amerikanischen Englisch (E?)(L?) http://www.humanitas-book.de/ PONS Cobuild English Learner's Dictionary Das bewährte einsprachig englische Wörterbuch bietet rund 60.000 Stichwörter und Wendungen unter Berücksichtigung des amerikanischen Englisch. Mit mit zahlreichen neuen Bedeutungen und neuen Wörtern ist es eine sehr gute Basis für die gezielte Wortschatzerweiterung. Verständliche Definitionen erklären in vollständigen Sätzen die verschiedenen Bedeutungen eines Stichworts. Besonders hilfreich sind die Angaben zur Aussprache, zur Grammatik sowie zum regionalen und stilistischen Gebrauch. Eine wertvolle Unterstützung für alle, die auf Englisch kommunizieren wollen. 2001. 1.322 S., Anhang m. Begriffen a. d. Alltag, geogr. Namen, Maßen u. Gewichten, geb. Klett. Bestell-Nr.:63000195 Q R Reddick, Allen The Making of Johnson's Dictionary 1746-1773 (Cambridge Studies in Publishing and Printing History) Taschenbuch: 282 Seiten Verlag: Cambridge University Press; Auflage: Revised (März 1996) Sprache: Englisch Synopsis Following the discovery of manuscript materials, including hundreds of unpublished additions and changes, for Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language, Allen Reddick describes the conception, composition, writing, and subsequent revision of the first great English dictionary, and the only dictionary created by a great writer. In this second edition of his acclaimed study, Reddick incorporates new commentary and scholarship, and situates The Making of Johnson's Dictionary in current critical and scholarly debate. S Shipley, Joseph T. Dictionary of Word Origins Gebundene Ausgabe: 448 Seiten Verlag: Barnes & Noble (29. April 1993) 2nd Edition, New York: Philosophical Library, 1945. Simpson, John (Herausgeber) Oxford English Dictionary on CD ROM Version 4.0 CD-ROM: 12 Seiten Verlag: Oxford University Press; Auflage: 2 Cdr (4. Juni 2009) The Oxford English Dictionary is the internationally recognized authority on the English Language, defining more than 500,000 words and tracing their usage through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of literary and other sources. The text on the CD-ROM comprises the full text of the OED 2nd Edition, plus the three Additions volumes, as well as 7,000 new entries from the OED's continuing research. Most importantly, OED v4.0 on CD-ROM boasts superb search-and-retrieval software, designed specifically for the electronic version, enabling you to investigate the Dictionary in ways not possible with the print edition. Questions which might have taken years of patient research can now be answered in seconds. Existing functionality retained from earlier versions includes: Installation to the hard drive, so the CD is not required during use of the Dictionary; Options to customize the entry display and show or hide pronunciations, spellings, etymology, and quotation text; Flexible full text search options, with search filters and an option to rank entries and search results alphabetically or by date. New to this version: Now available to Mac users; Flash-base; Smoother and faster performance providing instantaneous search results; New word-wheel which supports incremental letter-by-letter browsing; 7,000 new words and meanings; Windows upgrades available to registered users of Versions 2.0 upwards. System Requirements Windows: Intel(r) Pentium(r) 4 1.6GHz processor or equivalent (2GHz recommended); Microsoft(r) Windows(r) Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000. 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(E?)(L?) http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A538012 (E?)(L?) http://www.dlib.org/dlib/march00/03inbrief.html (E?)(L?) http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/collection/the-o-e-d (E?)(L?) http://www.odlt.org/ Oxford English Dictionary (E?)(L?) http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/page/537 (E?)(L?) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8168472/Oxford-English-Dictionary-how-the-words-are-chosen.html (E?)(L?) http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary (E?)(L?) http://wordinfo.info/unit/4420/ip:4/il:H History of the Oxford English Dictionary, OED (E?)(L?) http://www.wordorigins.org/index.php/oxford_english_dictionary/ Erstellt: 2011-01 Simpson, John A. Weiner, Edmund S. (Hg.) The Oxford English Dictionary (20 Vols.) Gebundene Ausgabe: 22.000 Seiten Verlag: Clarendon Press; Auflage: 2 (März 1989) Sprache: Englisch The Oxford English Dictionary has long been considered the ultimate reference work in English lexicography. Compiled by the legendary editor James Murray and a staff of brilliant philologists and lexicographers (not to mention one homicidal maniac), the OED was originally conceived in 1857 as a four-volume set, but by the time the last volume was published in 1928, it had swelled to 10 volumes containing over 400,000 entries. In the years since, the staff of the OED has continued to keep pace with our ever-evolving language, and today the dictionary weighs in at a whopping 20 volumes. The great joy of this dictionary lies in its extensive cross-references and word etymologies, which can run a full page or more. These features not only make the OED the most comprehensive and authoritative dictionary of the English language, but a delight to browse. Synopsis The 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It traces the usage of words through 2.4 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources. The OED has a unique historical focus. Accompanying each definition is a chronologically arranged group of quotations that trace the usage of words, and show the contexts in which they can be used. The quotations are drawn from a huge variety of sources worldwide - literary, scholarly, technical, and popular - and represent authors as disparate as Geoffrey Chaucer and Erica Jong, William Shakespeare, Charles Darwin and Isabella Beeton. Other features distinguishing the entries in the Dictionary are authoritative definitions; detailed information on pronunciation using the International Phonetic Alphabet; listings of variant spellings used throughout each word's history; extensive treatment of etymology; and details of area of usage and of any regional characteristics. SPECIAL OFFER: you can buy the OED for GBP499 until 31 January 2007 (thereafter GBP850). Alongside the print edition is the Oxford English Dictionary Online (www.oed.com). Updated quarterly, this award winning online resource allows the Dictionary to evolve with the English language while the print edition remains as a historical record. Subscriptions are available to OED Online on an individual or institutional basis. Visit www.oup.com/online/oed/ for details. Buy the OED on CD-ROM and PRINT EDITION together and save 50% Standard price GBP1100 NOW GBP550 (GBP468 +VAT). Offer available until the end of January 2007. (E?)(L?) http://www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780198611868&view=ask The Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition Edited by John Simpson and Edmund Weiner Price: £850.00 (hardback) ISBN-10: 0-19-861186-2 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-861186-8 Publication date: 30 March 1989 22000 pages, 305x225 mm A sample of this book is available in PDF format Reviews 'The OED has been to me a teacher, a companion, a source of endless discovery. I could not have become a writer without it.-- Anthony Burgess ' - ' The greatest treasure of wordsall the raw material a writer needs for a lifetime of work.-- Annie Proulx ' - 'The Oxford English Dictionary is more than a national monument to lexicography. The vast storehouse of the words and phrases that constitute the vocabulary of the English-speaking people is the ultimate authority on the English language as well as a history of English speech and thought from its infancy to the present day.-- The Times ' - ' The gigantic total picture of the English languagean epic achievement.-- The Observer ' - 'The greatest dictionary ever compiled.-- Sunday Telegraph ' - 'The greatest dictionary in any language.-- The Telegraph ' - ' It is a remarkable work of scholarship, and must rank high among the wonders of the world of learning.-- The Times Educational Supplement ' - 'The greatest work in dictionary making ever undertaken.-- The New York Times ' - Description The 20 volume Oxford English Dictionary is an unrivalled guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words The Dictionary traces the evolution of over 600,000 words from across the English-speaking world through 2.4 million quotations Historical in focus, each of the OED 's entries contain the word's earliest known use, as well as later examples which help plot the word's subsequent development in English Its quotations are taken from a broad range of English language sources - from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books Elegantly designed for maximum legibility and printed to the highest standards on the finest quality paper The 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It traces the usage of words through 2.4 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources. The OED has a unique historical focus. Accompanying each definition is a chronologically arranged group of quotations that trace the usage of words, and show the contexts in which they can be used. The quotations are drawn from a huge variety of sources worldwide - literary, scholarly, technical, and popular - and represent authors as disparate as Geoffrey Chaucer and Erica Jong, William Shakespeare, Charles Darwin and Isabella Beeton. Other features distinguishing the entries in the Dictionary are authoritative definitions; detailed information on pronunciation using the International Phonetic Alphabet; listings of variant spellings used throughout each word's history; extensive treatment of etymology; and details of area of usage and of any regional characteristics. Alongside the print edition is the Oxford English Dictionary Online (www.oed.com). Updated quarterly, this award winning online resource allows the Dictionary to evolve with the English language while the print edition remains as a historical record. Subscriptions are available to OED Online on an individual or institutional basis. Visit www.oup.com/online/oed/ for details. Buy the OED on CD-ROM and PRINT EDITION together and save 50% Standard price £1100. Soanes, Catherine Concise Oxford English Dictionary von Catherine Soanes, Angus Stevenson Sprache: Englisch Gebundene Ausgabe - 1708 Seiten - Oxford University Press Erscheinungsdatum: 15. August 2004 Auflage: 11th ISBN: 0198608640 Synopsis Authoritative and up to date, this eleventh edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary contains over 240,000 words, phrases, and definitions, including 900 new words. It offers rich vocabulary coverage, with full treatment of World English, rare, historical, and archaic terms, as well as scientific and technical vocabulary, and provides hundreds of helpful notes on grammar and usage. New to this edition is a fascinating Word Histories feature, telling the often bizarre stories of the origins and development of 100s of words. For example, did you know that the word "grammar" is related to "glamour", or that "cockney" used to mean a "spoilt child"? This dictionary contains full appendices on topics such as alphabets, currencies, electronic English, and the registers of language, from formal to slang, plus a useful Guide to Good English with advice on grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Concise Oxford English Dictionary, thumb index edition von Catherine Soanes, Angus Stevenson Sprache: Englisch Gebundene Ausgabe - 1728 Seiten - Oxford University Press Erscheinungsdatum: 8. Juli 2004 ISBN: 0198610106 T The Wordsworth Dictionary & Thesaurus (E?)(L?) http://www.rhenania-buchversand.de/appDE/nav_product.php?product=459291 45.000 Stichwörter, Thesaurus mit 150.000 Einträge mit Querverweisen, grammatische Informationen, Unterschiede in der englischen und amerikanischen Sprache. Englisch / Englisch. (R) 452 S., 15,5 x 23,5 cm, kart. (Wordsworth, 1998) Erstellt: 2015-10 Trumble, William R. Brown, Lesley Stevenson, Angus (Hg.) Shorter Oxford English Dictionary Gebundene Ausgabe: 3750 Seiten Verlag: Oxford University Press; Auflage: 5th (26. September 2002) Sprache: Englisch 3.500 englische Begriffe, wurden 2003 (seit der letzten Auflage 1993) neu in das Wörterbuch aufgenommen. Darunter befinden sich: asymmetrical warfare body-piercing snail mail Taliban text-messaging to text Viagra Das Wörterbuch hat zum Ziel jedes benutzte Wort seit 1700 in chronologischer Ordnung der ersten Erscheinung in der Sprache zu erfassen. U V W Wedgwood, Hensleigh A Dictionary of English Etymology With an Introdroduction on the Origin of Language (E?)(L?) www.barnesandnoble.com/s/Etymologie?keyword=Etymologie&store=book A Dictionary of English Etymology. [With an Introd. on the Origin of Language] with Notes and Additions by George P. Marsh Volume 1 by Hensleigh Wedgwood (Created by) (E?)(L?) http://archive.org/search.php?query=Etymology%20AND%20wedgwood%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts A dictionary of English etymology - Wedgwood, Hensleigh, 1803-1891 Book digitized by Google from the library of the New York Public Library and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Book digitized by Google from the library of Oxford University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. A dictionary of English etymology. [With an introd. on the origin of language] With notes and additions by George P. Marsh (Volume 1) - Wedgwood, Hensleigh, 1803-1891 (E?)(L?) https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/searchresults?query=Etymology+Wedgwood&rows=20&viewType=list A dictionary of english etymology. 2, E - P Wedgwood, Hensleigh ... London : Trübner, 1862 ... Englisch ... IV, 567 S. ... http://opacplus.bsb-muenchen.de/title/BV020917236 ... urn:nbn:de:bvb:12-bsb10582373-0 ... München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek -- L.g.sept. 66 gi-2 ... A dictionary of english etymology. 1, A - D Wedgwood, Hensleigh ... London : Trübner, 1859 ... Englisch ... XXIV, 507 S. ... http://opacplus.bsb-muenchen.de/title/BV020917235 ... urn:nbn:de:bvb:12-bsb10582372-5 ... München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek -- L.g.sept. 66 gi-1 ... A dictionary of english etymology. 3,2, Q - Z ; 2 Wedgwood, Hensleigh ... London : Trübner, 1865 ... Englisch ... S. 367 - 571 ... http://opacplus.bsb-muenchen.de/title/BV020912182 ... urn:nbn:de:bvb:12-bsb10582375-1 ... München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek -- L.g.sept. 66 gi-3,2 ... A dictionary of english etymology. 3[,1], Q - Z ; 1 Wedgwood, Hensleigh ... London : Trübner, 1865 ... Englisch ... [1] Bl., 366 S. ... http://opacplus.bsb-muenchen.de/title/BV020912181 ... urn:nbn:de:bvb:12-bsb10582374-6 ... München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek -- L.g.sept. 66 gi-3,1 ... Erstellt: 2013-12 Willinsky, John Empire of Words The Reign of the OED Gebundene Ausgabe: 258 Seiten Verlag: Princeton University Press (Januar 1995) Sprache: Englisch From Booklist At first glance, this appears to update Caught in the Web of Words: James Murray and the Oxford English Dictionary (1977). Indeed, it does describe how the supplements to and the second edition of the OED were compiled and the ongoing work on the database today. But it is really a scholarly study of the more than two million citations in the dictionary that are used to show shades of meanings of words. Willinsky questions the authority of the OED by demonstrating how idiosyncratic the choice of citations often has been. He describes the shift in citations over time from English literature to American sources. Tables show the leading sources for citations in various editions of the dictionary - it was Shakespeare in the first edition, Shaw in the supplements. Sandy Whiteley Winchester, Simon Der Mann, der die Wörter liebte Eine wahre Geschichte btb 284 Seiten Sprache: Deutsch Kurzbeschreibung Simon Winchesters erstes Buch in bibliophiler Ausstattung Simon Winchester erzählt die wahre Geschichte der außergewöhnlichen Freundschaft zwischen Professor Murray, dem Herausgeber des legendären Oxford English Dictionary, und einem sprachverliebten Mörder, der zum wichtigsten Mitarbeiter an diesem Projekt wird. Ein packender Roman über Genie, Wahnsinn und die Liebe zu den Wörtern. "Ein brillanter Sachbuch-Roman, der sich wie ein Krimi liest." Die Welt Winchester, Simon Meaning of Everything deutscher Titel: Der Mann, der die Wörter liebte The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary (E?)(L?) http://www.simonwinchester.com/ (E?)(L?) http://www.complete-review.com/reviews/winchs/krakatoa.htm (E?)(L?) http://www.ralphmag.org/CI/oed.html (E?)(L?) http://dictionary.oed.com/newsletters/2003-06/1853.html (E?)(L?) http://www.us.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/HistoryWorld/British/19thC/~~/dmlldz11c2EmY2k9MDE5ODYwNzAyNA== Broschiert - Btb Bei Goldmann Erscheinungsdatum: August 2000 ISBN: 3442726433 ... Im Jahre 1857 wurde ein ungewöhnliches Projekt in London initiiert. Die englische Sprache sollte in ihrer ganzen Vielfalt in einem Wörterbuch festgeschrieben werden. Erst 70 Jahre später war das vollendet, was wir heute als "The New Oxford Dictionary of English" kennen. Der Mann, der diese Inventur der englischen Sprache in die Hand nahm, war "Dr. James Murray", der stets vom Wissensdurst getrieben wurde, fasziniert war von Wörtern und den verschiedensten Sprachen. Mit Flugblättern suchte Murray freiwillige Helfer, die die englische Literatur nach Wörter durchforsten sollten. Einer tritt bei dieser Arbeit hervor: William Minor. Per Post versorgt er Murray mit unzähligen Wörtern. ... X Y Z