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The shorter Oxford English dictionary on historical principles

prepared by William Little, H.W. Fowler and Jessie Coulson ; revised and edited by C.T. Onions

Clarendon Press, 1973

3rd ed., completely reset with etymologies revised by G.W.S. Friedrichsen and with revised addenda

  • v. 1 : plain ed
  • v. 1 : Thumb index ed
  • v. 2 : plain ed
  • v. 2 : Thumb index ed

Other Title

The shorter Oxford English dictionary

Shorter Oxford English dictionary

Oxford English dictionary

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Note

v. 1. A-Markworthy

v. 2. Marl-Z and Addenda

"An abridgement officially authorized by the Delegates of the Oxford University Press of A new English dictionary on historical principles, later known as The Oxford English dictionary."--Pref.

Plain edition ISBN: 0198611269, Thumb index edition ISBN: 0198611277

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Contains over 163,000 words, with combinations and idiomatic phrases. Words and meanings are set out to reveal their chronological sequence of development since the days of King Alfred. Obsolete, archaic and dialectal uses are included, as well as modern technical and scientific words.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA01503601
  • ISBN
    • 0198611269
    • 0198611277
    • 0198611269
    • 0198611277
  • LCCN
    74174806
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Oxford
  • Pages/Volumes
    2 v. (xxv, 2672 p.)
  • Size
    28 cm
  • Classification
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