The noblest of all dictionaries is officially called the Oxford English Dictionary, but is more familiar to scholars all over the world as the 'New English Dictionary.' Based on thirty years ...

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From ‘catawampus’ to ‘hobbledehoy’, in Origin Uncertain the linguist Anatoly Liberman takes us on a riveting tour of strange ...

including the Oxford Dictionary of English, Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus, Oxford Thesaurus of English, and Oxford American Dictionary and Thesaurus. While the application offers a vast ...

According to The Guardian, The Oxford English Dictionary's latest update added 23 Japanese words to its lexicon. Included among these Japanese terms like is one of the most popular anime genres ...

If you have a smartphone or computer, these days you ‘Google it’, rather than reaching for the dictionary. So what does that mean for the dictionaries business of Oxford University Press?

Gikandi, Simon 2014. Editor's Column: Provincializing English. PMLA/Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, Vol. 129, Issue. 1, p. 7. Salazar, Danica 2014. Towards improved ...

The Oxford English Dictionary is the latest publisher to announce its 2022 word of the year, and "goblin mode" is the winner. CBS News' John Dickerson has more on the choice.

(Etymology: A reference to the biblical ... using the lexicographical tools and historical principles that the Oxford English ...

You may nonetheless be familiar with Liberman’s many published works on etymology, including the recent, delightful Take My Word for It: A Dictionary of English Idioms (2022), or his Analytic ...