On February 1, 1884, the very first part of what would become the most famous dictionary in history was published. It was called a fascicle essentially a small, thin volume covering words from A to ...

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After graduate school, I treated myself to a full set — that's 20 very large and heavy volumes — of the Oxford English Dictionary for my home office. It was a very on-brand purchase for me, and also a ...

The OED’s task – to define every English word – is as ambitious as it was 150 years ago. By Pippa Bailey The team at the Oxford English Dictionary felt some nervousness about writing the definition ...