South Florida Reporter

A 3,000 Word Dictionary Was Printed In 1604 – It Contained NO Definitions!

The first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary debuted in 1888; it was missing the word “bondmaid.” It took 50 years to ...

In 'Unabridged', Stefan Fatsis discusses the past — and future — of the dictionary

Dictionaries are deceptively simple, and incredibly ambitious. NPR's Don Gonyea talks to Stefan Fatsis about his book, "Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat to) The Modern Dictionary." ...

Wut? It’s in the Dictionary. A New Book Explains How.

He’d hoped to chronicle the company’s long-awaited overhaul of its online unabridged dictionary, the first major undertaking ...
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14 FUN FACTS ABOUT ENGLISH You Didn’t Know

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Boston College

Dictionaires and the Law (Fall 2019)

Rastell’s law dictionary was the first English language dictionary of any type, with its alphabetical arrangement of terms and their definitions. First published in Anglo-Norman French around 1523 as ...
Mental Floss

What’s the Longest Word in English?

The word was coined in the 1930s, probably by the president of the National Puzzlers’ League, “in imitation of polysyllabic medical terms,” according to the Oxford English Dictionary, “but occurring ...
Reader's Digest

How Long Would It Take to Read the Whole Dictionary?

There's no one conclusive answer. But that doesn't mean people haven't tried to find one. While most books live by the standard, front-cover-to-back-cover consumption format, dictionaries (and other ...
CBC.ca

Canada's English dictionary hasn't been updated in almost 2 decades. What does that say about us?

"Just how far removed we had already become from Britain even in the nineteenth century was not well understood in the mother country," begins an essay in the first pages of the Canadian Oxford ...

The digital dictionary

Exploring the evolution of dictionaries in the digital age and the enduring value of printed dictionaries in language ...
The Atlantic

How Racism Made Its Way Into the Dictionary How Racism Made Its Way Into the Dictionary How Racism Made Its Way Into the Dictionary

In June, as Black Lives Matter protests were in full swing after the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, a dictionary definition made headlines. The definition that drew so much ...

Word that baffled Race Across the World producers added to dictionary

A word which baffled the producers of the latest series of Race Across the World is among 10 Welsh words to be added to the ...
The Independent

Oxford English Dictionary changes definition of ‘woman’ after complaints that it was ‘sexist’

The Oxford English Dictionary has updated its definition of the word “woman” in its latest gender review, after complaints it was “sexist”. In the latest edition of the world-famous dictionary it has ...