Roots of English
An Etymological Dictionary*
by Prof. Eugene Cotter, Seton Hall University
Roots of English is a free software package developed by Dr. Cotter at Seton Hall University. The software was created using Asymetrix's Toolbook, but it is self-contained and packages as a simple, standard Windows Installation program for the PC. (sorry, no Mac version). The software will help you find the Greek and Latin roots of thousands of words in the English language, and the hypertext links make it fast and easy to use. The Dictionary also contains background on the history of English and details on the sources of individual words.
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This is the result of an ongoing project to collect and distribute the most obscure and rare words in the English language. It also contains a few words which do not have equivalent words in English. At present, the dictionary contains approximately 2700 words, though it is constantly growing.
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| 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 | dystopia | 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 | haruspex | 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 | hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian | 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 | labrose | 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 | ruderal | 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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"LEO" ist eine Reminiszenz an den bayrischen Löwen, und deutet die Münchner Heimat des Online-Portals an. Seit den Ursprüngen 1992 hat sich das Angebot mehrmals verlagert. Heute liegt der Schwerpunkt eindeutig im Übersetzungsbereich, der neben den Wörterbüchern selbst Vokabeltrainer und Foren umfasst.
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The OED seeks to find the earliest verifiable usage of every single word in the English language. The 50 words on the appeal list all have a date next to them, corresponding to the earliest evidence the dictionary currently has for that word or phrase. Can you trump that?
Editor's Favourites
- Balderdash! And Piffle!
- The OED's Chief Editor assesses consultation through television (June 2006)
- A story from the archives: Edith and Ellen Perronet Thompson
- An article by the OED archivist, Beverley Hunt (March 2006)
- The contribution of women to the OED
- An article by Meraud Grant Ferguson and Jemma Best (December 2005)
- A brief history of Sri Lankan English
- An examination of the contribution of Sri Lankan English to the OED (Richard Boyle, September 2005)
- Tracking down 'tofu': library research in the US
- A US Library Researcher describes her search for antedatings in the libraries of Washington, DC. (Pamela Roper Wagner, June 2005)
- OED Online for A level
- An investigation of the benefits of increasing the use of OED Online among A level students. (Jessica Stevens, March 2005)
- Introducing the OED Archivist
- The new OED Archivist relects on her first year at OUP (Beverley Hunt, December 2004)
- Life as a library researcher
- An insight into this crucial aspect of the OED's work (Brigid Allen, September 2004)
- 19 April 2004: a day in the life of the OED
- A snapshot of the OED revision project
- Exotic words in the OED
- The OED's treatment of words of non-European origin (Sarah Ogilvie and Joanna Tulloch, September 2003)
- OED: 75 years and more
- A brief history of the OED (Peter Gilliver, June 2003)
- Lex in the City: reflections on a year in the North American Editorial Unit
- The work of two new American editors based in New York (Madeline McDonnell and Abigail Zitin, March 2003)
- J. R. R. Tolkien and the OED
- Waggle to warlock: Tolkien's contribution to the OED (Peter Gilliver, June 2002)
- 'Doh!' before Homer: the Appeals list and the process of continuous revision
- How the OED is able to incorporate readers' contributions even after a revised entry has been published (Juliet Field, March 2002)
- Varieties of English: World English and the OED
- The task of increasing the OED's coverage of vocabulary from the major varieties of world English (Jennie Price, June 2001)
- Some recent OED releases: a tale of two treats
- The OED's treatment of marzipan and marchpane in the light of new evidence (Peter Gilliver, March 2001)
- The OED and its cousins
- A comparison of the progress of the OED with other historical dictionaries (Edmund Weiner, December 2000)
Previous newsletters
- June 2006: Editorial | Balderdash! And Piffle! | Harmless drudgery | Appeals | Interesting antedatings | Quotable quotes
- March 2006: Editorial | A story from the archives | From barmaid to "Balderdash" | Appeals | Interesting antedatings | Quotable quotes
- December 2005: Editorial | Contribution of women | Project news | Appeals | Interesting antedatings | Quotable quotes
- June 2005: Editorial | Tracking down tofu | Reading for the OED | Project news | Appeals | Interesting antedatings | Quotable quotes
- September 2005: Editorial | Sri Lankan English | Memories of the Oxford English Dictionaries, 1972-2005 | Appeals | Interesting antedatings | Quotable quotes
- March 2005: Editorial | OED Online for A level | The interests of Arthur Maling | Project news | Appeals | Interesting antedatings | Quotable quotes
- December 2004: Editorial | Introducing the OED archivist | The Frozen Sea | Appeals | Interesting antedatings | Quotable quotes
- September 2004: Editorial | Life as a library researcher | Court in controversy | Project news | Appeals | Interesting antedatings | Quotable quotes | R. W. Burchfield 1923-2004
- June 2004: Editorial | 19 April 2004: a day in the life of the OED | Appeals | Interesting antedatings | Quotable quotes
- March 2004: Editorial | Pinning them down | Where in the multiverse...? | Sheep might fly | Appeals | Interesting antedatings | Quotable quotes
- December 2003: Editorial | The OED's Artist in Residence | Words of choice | Appeals | Interesting antedatings | Quotable quotes
- September 2003: Editorial | Exotic words in the OED | Raving bonkers, much! | Project news | Appeals | Interesting antedatings | Quotable quotes
- June 2003: Editorial | 1853 (150 years ago) | 1878 (125 years ago) | 1903 (100 years ago) | 1928 (85 years ago) | 1953 (50 years ago) | 1978 (25 years ago) | 2003 | Appeals | Quotable quotes
- March 2003: Editorial | The world of bird names | North American Editorial Unit | Appeals | Interesting antedatings | Quotable quotes
- December 2002: Editorial | Midgets and matrimony | Mining the Web | The OED's first Oxford home | Jenny McMorris | Appeals | Interesting antedatings | Quotable quotes
- September 2002: Editorial | The essence of the OED | Two poets at work on the OED | Project news | Appeal | Interesting antedatings | Quotable quotes
- June 2002: Editorial | J. R. R. Tolkien & the OED | North American Editorial Unit | Old English in the OED | Appeals | Interesting antedatings | Quotable quotes
- March 2002: Editorial | The process of continuous revision | Charles Kingsley in the OED | Special characters | Appeals | Interesting antedatings | Quotable quotes
- December 2001: Editorial | South African words in the OED | Pronunciation in the OED | Revising etymologies | Appeals | Interesting antedatings | Quotable quotes | Staff news
- September 2001: Editorial | It's earlier than you think... | OED Bibliography Group | Eliza Haywood | Staff news | Quotable quotes | Interesting antedatings | Appeals
- June 2001: Editorial | For when things go badly wrong... | For those who are frightened of their computers... | OED: We're right on message | World English and the OED | Just ask OWLS | Staff news | Quotable Quotes | Interesting antedatings | Appeals list
- March 2001: Editorial | Recent OED releases | oed.com | The OED forum | Quotable quotes | Appeals
- December 2000: Editorial | The OED and its cousins | Florence conference | The Inventory of Henry VIII | Quotable quotes | News from the OED archives | Appeals
- October 2000: Editorial | Rethinking OED entries | A day in the life | Richard Palmer | Appeals
- July 2000: Editorial | OED3 | Web site launch | George Chowdharay-Best | Quotable quotes | Appeals
- February 2000: Editorial | First reading scheme | North American Reading Program | UK reading programme | Historical Reading Programme | On being a reader | Appeals list | Paul Beale
- July 1999: Editorial | OED Online | Nachos, anyone? | Incorporating Decorporation | News from the OED Archives | Quotable quotes | Appeals list
- January 1999: Editorial | Antedating | Quotable quotes | North American Ethnonymy | News from the OED Archives | Appeals list
- June 1998: Editorial | The meeting of Murray and Minor | Work in progress | Quotable Quotes | English Nautical Vocabulary | News from the OED Archives | Appeals list
- January 1998: Editorial | Quotable quotes | News from the OED Archives | Dash and squash | Appeals list | Additions series, vol. 3
- July 1997: Editorial | 1993-1997 | Revising etymologies | OED on CD-ROM | Appeals list
- January 1997: Editorial | Algonquin Round Table | Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage | Appeals list
- June 1996: Editorial | Working in the Dictionary Department | Vissernet | Reading Programme | Appeals list
- January 1996: Editorial | Competition | Reading Programme | Historical corpus | Appeals list
- June 1995: Editorial | 'A poet doomed at last to wake a lexicographer' | Light reading | Competition | Information request | Appeals list | Publications | Historical Reading Programme | The Dictionary of South African English
- January 1995: Editorial | A call for research materials | An approach to revising quotations | Background | New staff | Early Modern English Materials | OED Additions Series
full word list (31.01.2010) (bis 1098)
| A | abacus - podictionary 1057 | abracadabra - podictionary 589 | absurd - podictionary 356 | accost - podictionary 785 | ace - podictionary 961 | acrobat - podictionary 508 | adamant - podictionary 983 | admiral - podictionary 944 | admire - podictionary 922 | adrenaline - podictionary 351 | affair - podictionary 496 | affidavit - podictionary 731 | affinity - podictionary 474 | aftermath - podictionary 802 | agnostic - podictionary 591 | ago - podictionary 935 | akimbo - podictionary 42 | album - podictionary 128 | alibi - podictionary 870 | alimony - podictionary 697 | allegorical - podictionary 190 | allude - podictionary 690 | alphabet - podictionary 509 | altruism - podictionary 274 | aluminum - podictionary 1045 | amateur - podictionary 129 | amaze - podictionary 787 | Amazon - podictionary 373 | amber - podictionary 279 | amen - podictionary 810 | amendment - podictionary 38 | America - podictionary 286 | amethyst - podictionary 869 | amnesty - podictionary 469 | ampersand - podictionary 548 | anathema - podictionary 823 | anecdote - podictionary 321 | angel - podictionary 172 | animal - podictionary 350 | annihilate - podictionary 1036 | answer - podictionary 479 | antidisestablishmentarianism - podictionary 877 | antique - podictionary 68 | apocalypse - podictionary 932 | appendicitis - podictionary 524 | appetite - podictionary 89 | apron - podictionary 394 | arcade - podictionary 385 | arrive - podictionary 130 | arrogance - podictionary 191 | ascribe - podictionary 1102 | assassin - podictionary 382 | assess - podictionary 773 | asset - podictionary 280 | astonished - podictionary 239 | asylum - podictionary 702 | atheist - podictionary 435 | athlete - podictionary 123 | aubergine - podictionary 204 | auger - podictionary 661 | authorized - podictionary 327 | available - podictionary 694 | avatar - podictionary 180 | average - podictionary 124 | awkward - podictionary 781 | axle - podictionary 635
| B | baby - podictionary 108 | bachelor - podictionary 1096 | bacon - podictionary 429 | bail - podictionary 779 | bamboozle - podictionary 230 | banquet - podictionary 623 | banter - podictionary 966 | barbecue - podictionary 5 | bargain - podictionary 105 | bastard - podictionary 18 | battery - podictionary 432 | bawdy - podictionary 632 | bawl - podictionary 244 | bayonet - podictionary 907 | be - podictionary 298 | beast - podictionary 666 | beauty - podictionary 801 | bedlam - podictionary 237 | bee - podictionary 970 | beef - podictionary 798 | befuddle - podictionary 624 | behave - podictionary 139 | believe - podictionary 471 | bellwether - podictionary 903 | berserk - podictionary 501 | beta - podictionary 994 | betray - podictionary 866 | bewilder - podictionary 854 | bildungsroman - podictionary 1011 | bitch - podictionary 699 | bittersweet - podictionary 861 | blah - podictionary 1072 | blanket - podictionary 1040 | blarney - podictionary 398 | bless - podictionary 371 | blind - podictionary 497 | blizzard - podictionary 145 | blow - podictionary 310 | bluff - podictionary 846 | blurb - podictionary 348 | boa-constrictor - podictionary 516 | board - podictionary 131 | bobsled - podictionary 1074 | boffin - podictionary 473 | boggle - podictionary 15 | bombast - podictionary 388 | boogie - podictionary 200 | book - podictionary 573 | boondocks - podictionary 184 | boor - podictionary 178 | bout - podictionary 616 | boutique - podictionary 718 | boxing - podictionary 149 | boycott - podictionary 299 | brainchild - podictionary 484 | brand - podictionary 655 | breakfast - podictionary 319 | brittle - podictionary 218 | budget - podictionary 999 | budgie - podictionary 687 | buff - podictionary 845 | bulldoze - podictionary 996 | bullshit - podictionary 376 | bumblebee - podictionary 301 | bungle - podictionary 929 | bus - podictionary 91 | bushel - podictionary 357 | butler - podictionary 742 | butterfly - podictionary 865 | bye-bye - podictionary 194
| C | cab - podictionary 777 | cabbage - podictionary 563 | caddy - podictionary 264 | Caesar - podictionary 835 | calculus - podictionary 158 | calorie - podictionary 886 | camera - podictionary 85 | campaign - podictionary 780 | cancer - podictionary 11 | candid - podictionary 323 | candidate - podictionary 569 | candle - podictionary 306 | cannon - podictionary 572 | canopy - podictionary 140 | cantaloupe - podictionary 896 | canvass - podictionary 812 | cappuccino - podictionary 756 | capsize - podictionary 713 | captcha - podictionary 883 | carabiner - podictionary 822 | cardinal - podictionary 567 | career - podictionary 610 | carol - podictionary 146 | carouse - podictionary 622 | carpenter - podictionary 1043 | carpet - podictionary 510 | cartoon - podictionary 853 | cash - podictionary 37 | casual - podictionary 942 | cat - podictionary 174 | catapult - podictionary 594 | caucus - podictionary 732 | CBC interview - podictionary special | celebrate - podictionary 79 | cell - podictionary 431 | cement - podictionary 223 | censorship - podictionary 588 | chain - podictionary 764 | chameleon - podictionary 676 | champion - podictionary 547 | channel - podictionary 991 | chaperone - podictionary 347 | Chardonnay - podictionary 1019 | Charles Makes Excuses | charley-horse - podictionary 634 | chastity - podictionary 583 | chat - podictionary 1089 | chauffeur - podictionary 1 | cheap - podictionary 446 | chimney - podictionary 401 | china - podictionary 659 | chocolate - podictionary 639 | cholesterol - podictionary 252 | chopsticks - podictionary 664 | Christmas - podictionary 148 | chrome - podictionary 850 | ciao - podictionary 193 | cinema - podictionary 706 | circumstance - podictionary 315 | citizen - podictionary 76 | claptrap - podictionary 1000 | class - podictionary 1039 | cleavage - podictionary 868 | cliche - podictionary 300 | climate - podictionary 995 | climax - podictionary 828 | clique - podictionary 748 | clock - podictionary 1107 | closet - podictionary 277 | club - podictionary 749 | clue - podictionary 24 | coach - podictionary 461 | coat - podictionary 899 | codger - podictionary 489 | coffee - podictionary 80 | coin - podictionary 443 | collar - podictionary 602 | colonel - podictionary 59 | columbine - podictionary 1028 | comfortable - podictionary 20 | comma - podictionary 1001 | commute - podictionary 111 | complainee - podictionary 830 | comrade - podictionary 423 | conniption - podictionary 914 | connive - podictionary 831 | consultant - podictionary 219 | content - podictionary 448 | continent - podictionary 1116 | control - podictionary 710 | conundrum - podictionary 611 | cool - podictionary 322 | coroner - podictionary 1023 | corruption - podictionary 580 | coup - podictionary 631 | courage - podictionary 720 | court - podictionary 40 | cow - podictionary 972 | coward - podictionary 492 | craft - podictionary 436 | cranberry - podictionary 1021 | crap - podictionary 582 | crass - podictionary 55 | crater - podictionary 608 | creed - podictionary 642 | crew - podictionary 794 | cricket - podictionary 766 | crisis - podictionary 912 | croissant - podictionary 793 | crony - podictionary 90 | crowds - podictionary 402 | crystal - podictionary 544 | cuckoo - podictionary 1030 | cue - podictionary 493 | cuisine - podictionary 761 | cupboard - podictionary 278 | cure - podictionary 458 | curfew - podictionary 103 | curious - podictionary 820 | curl - podictionary 774 | currency - podictionary 444 | curry - podictionary 71 | cushy - podictionary 844 | cyberspace - podictionary 788 | cylinder - podictionary 1086 | cynic - podictionary 1090
| D | daisy - podictionary 72 | Dalmatian - podictionary 462 | damage - podictionary 566 | dandelion - podictionary 715 | dapper - podictionary 913 | Darwinism - podictionary 295 | dashboard - podictionary 48 | daughter - podictionary 9 | deadline - podictionary 419 | debauchery - podictionary 236 | debris - podictionary 689 | decimate - podictionary 114 | decrepit - podictionary 488 | deed - podictionary 1061 | defunct - podictionary 502 | deja vu - podictionary 303 | delinquent - podictionary 688 | deliver - podictionary 760 | derby - podictionary 439 | derivative - podictionary 619 | desiderata - podictionary 707 | desk - podictionary 1084 | despise - podictionary 704 | destination - podictionary 557 | develop - podictionary 767 | dexterity - podictionary 921 | diaper - podictionary 1118 | dice - podictionary 53 | dictionary - podictionary 1071 | dilemma - podictionary 445 | dilettante - podictionary 762 | dime - podictionary 829 | dimple - podictionary 568 | dine - podictionary 66 | diploma - podictionary 485 | dirt - podictionary 468 | discombobulate - podictionary 56 | disease - podictionary 490 | disgruntled - podictionary 716 | disheveled - podictionary 893 | dismantle - podictionary 475 | ditto - podictionary 586 | doctor - podictionary 35 | dodo - podictionary 826 | dog - podictionary 361 | doldrums - podictionary 839 | donkey - podictionary 564 | doodle - podictionary 981 | doohickey - podictionary 215 | door - podictionary 1018 | doppelganger - podictionary 478 | double-entendre - podictionary 375 | draconian - podictionary 122 | draft - podictionary 159 | dream - podictionary 538 | dregs - podictionary 871 | drive - podictionary 1002 | drivel - podictionary 925 | dromedary - podictionary 948 | dubious - podictionary 1075 | duck - podictionary 1037 | dude - podictionary 61 | dumb - podictionary 12 | Dutch - podictionary 721 | Dutchdouble - podictionary 976 | dwarf - podictionary 754 | dynamite - podictionary 587
| E | easel - podictionary 334 | eavesdrop - podictionary 570 | eccentric - podictionary 3 | echelon - podictionary 416 | echo - podictionary 862 | edgy - podictionary 247 | egg - podictionary 543 | egregious- podictionary 949 | Egypt - podictionary 890 | ejaculate - podictionary 672 | elbow - podictionary 1029 | elf - podictionary 947 | ellipse - podictionary 187 | elope - podictionary 693 | embarrass - podictionary 58 | enchilada - podictionary 956 | energy - podictionary 504 | engine - podictionary 426 | enigma - podictionary 318 | entail - podictionary 1066 | enthusiasm - podictionary 809 | envelope - podictionary 769 | environment - podictionary 546 | enzyme - podictionary 464 | episode - podictionary 167 | equator - podictionary 806 | err - podictionary 579 | etiquette - podictionary 729 | etymology - podictionary 164 | euphemism - podictionary 952 | evict - podictionary 784 | evolution - podictionary 270 | exaggerate - podictionary 936 | Excalibur - podictionary 1027 | execute - podictionary 540 | exhaust - podictionary 1085 | exotic - podictionary 675 | expect - podictionary 933 | explicit - podictionary 685 | explode - podictionary 257 | expo - podictionary 70 | extol - podictionary 367 | extravagant - podictionary 799
| F | facetious - podictionary 888 | fair - podictionary 621 | fallacy - podictionary 532 | family - podictionary 804 | fantasy - podictionary 671 | fantoosh - podictionary 625 | fast - podictionary 480 | faux pas - podictionary 260 | federal - podictionary 726 | felon - podictionary 892 | fencing - podictionary 354 | ferret - podictionary 213 | festoon - podictionary 633 | fetish - podictionary 1080 | feud - podictionary 615 | fiance - podictionary 136 | fiasco - podictionary 653 | figure - podictionary 879 | filibuster - podictionary 757 | fire - podictionary 975 | flag - podictionary 953 | flagrant - podictionary 523 | flatter - podictionary 763 | flip-flops - podictionary 21 | flora and fauna - podictionary 16 | focus - podictionary 238 | foible - podictionary 724 | fond - podictionary 142 | font - podictionary 272 | foreign - podictionary 1010 | forfeit - podictionary 77 | formaldehyde - podictionary 395 | fracas - podictionary 522 | franchise - podictionary 968 | Frankenstein - podictionary 283 | freebooter - podictionary 759 | frog - podictionary 1016 | frolic - podictionary 1035 | froth - podictionary 302 | frugal - podictionary 957 | fudge - podictionary 505
| G | galaxy - podictionary 476 | gall - podictionary 414 | galoshes - podictionary 216 | galvanized - podictionary 433 | gamut - podictionary 282 | gap - podictionary 93 | garbage - podictionary 182 | garble - podictionary 181 | gasoline - podictionary 78 | geek - podictionary 221 | geezer - podictionary 43 | genial - podictionary 390 | gentle - podictionary 192 | gesticulate - podictionary 887 | ghetto - podictionary 34 | giggle - podictionary 73 | gimmick - podictionary 641 | ginger - podictionary 662 | giraffe - podictionary 1009 | girl - podictionary 326 | glossary - podictionary 753 | glue - podictionary 1033 | gnome - podictionary 384 | gorgeous - podictionary 144 | gossamer - podictionary 207 | gossip - podictionary 67 | Gotham - podictionary 691 | grass - podictionary 36 | grave - podictionary 620 | gravy - podictionary 507 | Greek - podictionary 95 | gross - podictionary 32 | grotesque - podictionary 69 | group - podictionary 498 | guillotine - podictionary 552 | guitar - podictionary 486 | gun - podictionary 1013 | gung-ho - podictionary 378 | guppy - podictionary 895 | guy - podictionary 456
| H | habit - podictionary 612 | hack - podictionary 340 | halibut - podictionary 644 | hamburger - podictionary 338 | hamlet - podictionary 551 | hamper - podictionary 289 | handicap - podictionary 964 | hangover - podictionary 154 | harbinger - podictionary 1115 | harlot - podictionary 138 | hassle - podictionary 217 | havoc - podictionary 427 | hawk - podictionary 428 | hazard - podictionary 243 | headache - podictionary 415 | headline - podictionary 525 | health - podictionary 643 | hermetic - podictionary 308 | heroin - podictionary 455 | hi-jinks - podictionary 1017 | history - podictionary 937 | hobbit - podictionary 96 | hobby - podictionary 47 | hobnob - podictionary 1004 | hohoho - podictionary 665 | holocaust - podictionary 977 | hologram - podictionary 673 | holy - podictionary 593 | homage - podictionary 627 | honcho - podictionary 253 | honest - podictionary 4 | honey - podictionary 816 | hooker - podictionary 604 | horde - podictionary 841 | horizon - podictionary 560 | horoscope - podictionary 231 | horsdoeuvre - podictionary 107 | horse - podictionary 450 | hostage - podictionary 27 | hour - podictionary 196 | hubris - podictionary 255 | hue - podictionary 1034 | humble - podictionary 765 | humiliate - podictionary 1094 | hunch - podictionary 740 | hunky-dory - podictionary 366 | hurricane - podictionary 63 | hybrid - podictionary 256 | hyena - podictionary 250 | hype - podictionary 960 | hyperbole - podictionary 962 | hyphen - podictionary 974 | hypochondriac - podictionary 778 | hysterical - podictionary 353 | | I | iceberg - podictionary 189 | icicle - podictionary 214 | icon - podictionary 678 | idiot - podictionary 116 | ignoramus - podictionary 329 | immaculate - podictionary 791 | immediately - podictionary 1079 | immigrant - podictionary 438 | impact - podictionary 104 | impair - podictionary 41 | inadvertently - podictionary 626 | inaugural - podictionary 660 | incandescent - podictionary 1100 | incubate - podictionary 891 | incumbent - podictionary 173 | independence - podictionary 22 | indian - podictionary 155 | infant - podictionary 536 | insinuate - podictionary 885 | insomnia - podictionary 668 | instrument - podictionary 349 | insulin - podictionary 399 | intend - podictionary 597 | interloper - podictionary 336 | internet - podictionary 51 | interrogate - podictionary 725 | interview - podictionary 900 | intramural - podictionary 1025 | invention - podictionary 335 | iota - podictionary 636 | iron - podictionary 320 | issue - podictionary 596 | itinerary - podictionary 815 | itty-bitty - podictionary 267
| J | jail - podictionary 657 | jealous - podictionary 246 | jet - podictionary 392 | jiggery-pokery - podictionary 737 | jock - podictionary 857 | J (continued) | jovial - podictionary 998 | jungle - podictionary 75 | junket - podictionary 908 | junta - podictionary 652 | juxtaposition - podictionary 882
| K | kangaroo - podictionary 281 | karaoke - podictionary 1032 | karate - podictionary 1020 | kerfuffle - podictionary 1106 | kettle - podictionary 783 | kid - podictionary 297 | kiosk - podictionary 374 | kiss - podictionary 527 | knot - podictionary 165 | kowtow - podictionary 380 | kudos - podictionary 25
| L | labor - podictionary 590 | lake - podictionary 6 | lampoon - podictionary 1052 | laundry - podictionary 17 | law - podictionary 175 | leech - podictionary 1109 | legal - podictionary 176 | leotard - podictionary 1047 | lesbian - podictionary 101 | liberal - podictionary 441 | library - podictionary 585 | lieutenant - podictionary 62 | lift - podictionary 945 | limbo - podictionary 674 | limelight - podictionary 355 | linoleum - podictionary 630 | litter - podictionary 874 | lobby - podictionary 967 | lobster - podictionary 561 | lock-key - podictionary 168 | loggerhead - podictionary 425 | logic - podictionary 535 | login - podictionary 132 | longitude - podictionary 151 | loot - podictionary 843 | lord - podictionary 495 | lotus - podictionary 738 | lousy - podictionary 477 | love - podictionary 185 | loyal - podictionary 736 | lozenge - podictionary 534 | Lucifer - podictionary 210 | luge - podictionary 1076 | luggage - podictionary 229 | lunch - podictionary 537 | lung - podictionary 314 | lurid - podictionary 709 | lurk - podictionary 550
(E?)(L?) http://podictionary.com/?page_id=866
| M | macabre - podictionary 309 | macaroni - podictionary 100 | maelstrom - podictionary 235 | magazine - podictionary 106 | magnanimous - podictionary 417 | magnet - podictionary 808 | magnum opus - podictionary 254 | makeshift - podictionary 916 | malicious - podictionary 8 | mall - podictionary 265 | maneuver - podictionary 884 | marathon - podictionary 858 | marble - podictionary 331 | mascara - podictionary 393 | match - podictionary 211 | matrix - podictionary 770 | mea culpa - podictionary 978 | measles - podictionary 447 | media - podictionary 898 | medicine - podictionary 503 | medieval - podictionary 513 | melodrama - podictionary 157 | memory - podictionary 45 | menial - podictionary 859 | mentor - podictionary 645 | mesmerized - podictionary 554 | mess - podictionary 838 | metal - podictionary 391 | metaphor - podictionary 607 | meteorology - podictionary 177 | meter - podictionary 677 | microphone - podictionary 997 | migraine - podictionary 49 | mildew - podictionary 818 | mile - podictionary 166 | milieu - podictionary 545 | miniature - podictionary 60 | minx - podictionary 680 | mirror - podictionary 135 | mob - podictionary 928 | mogul - podictionary 1078 | molecule - podictionary 638 | moll - podictionary 84 | moniker - podictionary 368 | morphine - podictionary 670 | mortar - podictionary 684 | Moscow - podictionary 337 | mosquito - podictionary 817 | mother - podictionary 819 | motley - podictionary 542 | motto - podictionary 934 | mule - podictionary 259 | mumbo-jumbo - podictionary 87 | mundane - podictionary 152 | murder - podictionary 422 | museum - podictionary 44 | Muslim - podictionary 346 | mustard - podictionary 553 | myriad - podictionary 667
| N | naive - podictionary 197 | naked - podictionary 226 | nasty - podictionary 202 | naughty - podictionary 598 | neat - podictionary 454 | neck - podictionary 1038 | nefarious - podictionary 811 | neighbor - podictionary 179 | nemesis - podictionary 225 | nephew - podictionary 733 | nepotism - podictionary 722 | nest - podictionary 852 | nice - podictionary 203 | niche - podictionary 851 | nicotine - podictionary 906 | nightmare - podictionary 161 | Nike - podictionary 1062 | nincompoop - podictionary 343 | nitrogen - podictionary 686 | nomad - podictionary 993 | nonplussed - podictionary 629 | nostalgia - podictionary 940 | nova - podictionary 1058 | nubile - podictionary 782 | nun - podictionary 1014 | nutrition - podictionary 771
| O | obnoxious - podictionary 421 | obscure - podictionary 119 | obsessed - podictionary 941 | ocean - podictionary 562 | odd - podictionary 208 | ode - podictionary 739 | official - podictionary 33 | omega - podictionary 344 | omelet - podictionary 262 | omen - podictionary 646 | opium - podictionary 465 | orange - podictionary 605 | orangutan - podictionary 1008 | orchard - podictionary 88 | ordeal - podictionary 102 | orgy - podictionary 648 | orient - podictionary 112 | ortolan - podictionary 248 | ostracize - podictionary 98 | otter - podictionary 330 | outrage - podictionary 744 | oval - podictionary 188 | oxymoron - podictionary 13 | oyster - podictionary 692
| P | P's and Q's - podictionary 881 | pagan - podictionary 284 | paint - podictionary 1056 | pajamas - podictionary 160 | Pakistan - podictionary 758 | pal - podictionary 979 | pale - podictionary 240 | pamphlet - podictionary 288 | panacea - podictionary 459 | pandemonium - podictionary 873 | pander - podictionary 494 | pant - podictionary 109 | pants - podictionary 377 | parachute - podictionary 571 | paradox - podictionary 304 | parchment - podictionary 491 | park - podictionary 984 | parsimonious - podictionary 723 | passion - podictionary 840 | pat - podictionary 360 | patient - podictionary 515 | patriotism - podictionary 228 | pattern - podictionary 370 | pavilion - podictionary 867 | pawn - podictionary 1054 | pearl - podictionary 517 | pedigree - podictionary 383 | pee - podictionary 472 | pelican - podictionary 291 | pen - podictionary 150 | penicillin - podictionary 539 | penitentiary - podictionary 656 | penthouse - podictionary 904 | pepper - podictionary 481 | persnickety - podictionary 800 | person - podictionary 317 | pest - podictionary 222 | petard - podictionary 94 | pharmacist - podictionary 171 | pheasant - podictionary 1053 | philately - podictionary 52 | pickle - podictionary 212 | picnic - podictionary 581 | pigeon - podictionary 923 | pill - podictionary 242 | pioneer - podictionary 389 | piping-hot - podictionary 153 | pixel - podictionary 982 | pizza - podictionary 832 | placebo - podictionary 863 | placenta - podictionary 1050 | planet - podictionary 325 | platonic - podictionary 293 | plumbing - podictionary 127 | pneumonia - podictionary 951 | poach - podictionary 985 | podictionary elsewhere Thursdays | podictionary still elsewhere Thursdays | poker - podictionary 387 | politics - podictionary 120 | pomegranate - podictionary 126 | pompous - podictionary 1031 | ponder - podictionary 556 | porcelain - podictionary 658 | porcupine - podictionary 751 | pornography - podictionary 943 | potato - podictionary 14 | pounce - podictionary 683 | pound - podictionary 711 | praline - podictionary 640 | pregnant - podictionary 559 | prep - podictionary 880 | prescription - podictionary 712 | present - podictionary 147 | press - podictionary 558 | pretend - podictionary 930 | pretty - podictionary 565 | pretzel - podictionary 902 | proclivity - podictionary 249 | procrastinate - podictionary 316 | profanity - podictionary 420 | profile - podictionary 519 | promiscuous - podictionary 541 | proper - podictionary 451 | proud - podictionary 926 | prude - podictionary 927 | prune - podictionary 333 | psychiatrist - podictionary 2 | public - podictionary 986 | pudding - podictionary 407 | puke - podictionary 1024 | pumpernickel - podictionary 701 | punch - podictionary 233 | pundit - podictionary 807 | punt - podictionary 969 | puny - podictionary 483 | puppet - podictionary 227
| Q | quaff - podictionary 911 | quagmire - podictionary 470 | quarantine - podictionary 905 | queen - podictionary 700 | quill - podictionary 312
| R | rabid - podictionary 695 | radiation - podictionary 268 | radical - podictionary 292 | ramble - podictionary 482 | random - podictionary 29 | randy - podictionary 618 | ransack - podictionary 396 | rattan - podictionary 290 | read - podictionary 411 | rebel - podictionary 679 | recipe - podictionary 714 | recreation - podictionary 23 | recruit - podictionary 792 | red-tape - podictionary 875 | redneck - podictionary 372 | regurgitate - podictionary 54 | reindeer - podictionary 403 | renovate - podictionary 413 | replica - podictionary 743 | rescue - podictionary 1097 | restaurant - podictionary 938 | revolution - podictionary 113 | rhyme - podictionary 364 | riddle - podictionary 412 | rifle - podictionary 1119 | road - podictionary 92 | rocket - podictionary 860 | romance - podictionary 186 | rook - podictionary 915 | round - podictionary 363 | rummage - podictionary 287 | runcible - podictionary 795 | rustic - podictionary 601 | ruthless - podictionary 931
(E?)(L?) http://podictionary.com/?page_id=866
| S | sabotage - podictionary 821 | sad - podictionary 442 | salacious - podictionary 971 | salamander - podictionary 386 | sanction - podictionary 958 | sand - podictionary 946 | sarcophagus - podictionary 81 | satellite - podictionary 834 | satire - podictionary 232 | scale - podictionary 894 | scallywag - podictionary 342 | scandal - podictionary 755 | scapegoat - podictionary 82 | skeptical - podictionary 1101 | school - podictionary 1003 | screw - podictionary 827 | scrooge - podictionary 404 | scrumptious - podictionary 57 | scuttlebutt - podictionary 606 | seal - podictionary 864 | second - podictionary 531 | secular - podictionary 592 | secure - podictionary 460 | segue - podictionary 359 | seminar - podictionary 234 | sentence - podictionary 613 | sepia - podictionary 352 | serendipity - podictionary 578 | sewer - podictionary 696 | shambles - podictionary 836 | shampoo - podictionary 500 | Sharia - podictionary 526 | shark - podictionary 824 | shave - podictionary 110 | sheriff - podictionary 1022 | shoe - podictionary 64 | shopping - podictionary 400 | shovel - podictionary 339 | show - podictionary 133 | shrift - podictionary 466 | shyster - podictionary 341 | silhouette - podictionary 698 | silly - podictionary 520 | sincere - podictionary 959 | siren - podictionary 663 | size - podictionary 772 | size - podictionary 772 | sketch - podictionary 199 | sky - podictionary 121 | slalom - podictionary 1093 | slang - podictionary 117 | slash - podictionary 328 | slave - podictionary 143 | sleazy - podictionary 294 | sleigh - podictionary 405 | slide - podictionary 876 | slipper - podictionary 440 | smarmy - podictionary 790 | smirk - podictionary 530 | smithereens - podictionary 198 | Smithsonian - podictionary 449 | snafu - podictionary 183 | snake - podictionary 987 | snoop - podictionary 980 | snow - podictionary 170 | snow2 - podictionary 410 | soap - podictionary 511 | soccer - podictionary 266 | sofa - podictionary 872 | somersault - podictionary 28 | sophisticated - podictionary 19 | sophomore - podictionary 889 | sound - podictionary 7 | sparkle - podictionary 745 | SPECIAL podictionary episode 1041- interview with Philip Durkin | spice - podictionary 614 | spinster - podictionary 46 | sponge - podictionary 1082 | spruce - podictionary 910 | spur - podictionary 705 | squander - podictionary 201 | squash - podictionary 1098 | squaw - podictionary 365 | squirrel - podictionary 768 | stable - podictionary 26 | stall - podictionary 775 | stereo - podictionary 273 | stereotype - podictionary 271 | stethoscope - podictionary 1088 | stew - podictionary 30 | stewardess - podictionary 512 | stickler - podictionary 730 | stigma - podictionary 1026 | stockings - podictionary 406 | storm - podictionary 141 | stranger - podictionary 574 | strategy - podictionary 837 | street - podictionary 169 | stuff - podictionary 276 | stutter - podictionary 878 | style - podictionary 950 | succeed - podictionary 1104 | sugar - podictionary 296 | suit - podictionary 848 | superstition - podictionary 83 | surname - podictionary 1042 | swastika - podictionary 118 | switch - podictionary 849 | syllabus - podictionary 708
(E?)(L?) http://podictionary.com/?page_id=866
| T | Tabasco - podictionary 847 | taboo - podictionary 506 | tacit - podictionary 920 | tail - podictionary 358 | talent - podictionary 1064 | tangent - podictionary 609 | taper - podictionary 285 | tarantula - podictionary 963 | target - podictionary 307 | tarmac - podictionary 74 | task - podictionary 728 | tattoo - podictionary 682 | tawdry - podictionary 1007 | tax - podictionary 727 | taxi - podictionary 776 | tea - podictionary 752 | technology - podictionary 65 | temperature - podictionary 599 | tennis - podictionary 990 | terrific - podictionary 452 | terrorist - podictionary 50 | text - podictionary 555 | thesaurus - podictionary 669 | thrifty - podictionary 628 | thrill - podictionary 988 | thug - podictionary 842 | tinker - podictionary 825 | tip - podictionary 269 | title - podictionary 637 | toast - podictionary 261 | tobacco - podictionary 115 | toque - podictionary 919 | torch - podictionary 855 | town - podictionary 989 | toy - podictionary 408 | trade - podictionary 137 | tradition - podictionary 528 | tragus - podictionary 1044 | train - podictionary 241 | tramp - podictionary 681 | trampoline - podictionary 814 | trance - podictionary 1060 | trapeze - podictionary 1049 | triage - podictionary 575 | trial - podictionary 576 | tributary - podictionary 381 | trivia - podictionary 549 | trollop - podictionary 651 | truce - podictionary 209 | truck - podictionary 955 | truffle - podictionary 803 | try - podictionary 577 | turkey - podictionary 467 | turmoil - podictionary 750 | turnpike - podictionary 313 | tweed - podictionary 99 | twelve - podictionary 409 | twenty-four-seven - podictionary 595 | tycoon - podictionary 251 | tyranny - podictionary 10
| U | umbrella - podictionary 311 | umpire - podictionary 245 | uncanny - podictionary 954 | uncle - podictionary 1015 | uncouth - podictionary 617 | undertaker - podictionary 263 | university - podictionary 654 | upholstery - podictionary 529 | urchin - podictionary 258 | urine - podictionary 362 | usher - podictionary 305
| V | vacation - podictionary 31 | vaccinate - podictionary 533 | vacuum - podictionary 1012 | valedictorian - podictionary 965 | valet - podictionary 741 | vamoose - podictionary 397 | vamp - podictionary 918 | vandalism - podictionary 584 | vegetarian - podictionary 205 | vellum - podictionary 735 | velodrome - podictionary 514 | venom - podictionary 463 | verdant - podictionary 917 | verdict - podictionary 518 | vertical - podictionary 418 | vertigo - podictionary 703 | vicious - podictionary 650 | victim - podictionary 1065 | villain - podictionary 156 | virgin - podictionary 939 | virtue - podictionary 1068 | vitamin - podictionary 901 | vixen - podictionary 499 | vodka - podictionary 275 | voila - podictionary 521 | vomit - podictionary 734
| W | w - podictionary 813 | walrus - podictionary 97 | war - podictionary 324 | weather - podictionary 134 | Webster - podictionary 434 | Webster1 - podictionary 746 | Webster2 - podictionary 747 | Wednesday - podictionary 86 | wheelbarrow - podictionary 719 | whet - podictionary 369 | whiffling - podictionary 1069 | wicked - podictionary 603 | widget - podictionary 437 | widow - podictionary 162 | wind - podictionary 206 | window - podictionary 224 | wolf - podictionary 649 | woman - podictionary 487 | word - podictionary 797 | work - podictionary 125 | wraith - podictionary 220 | wreck - podictionary 789 | write - podictionary 600
| X | xerox - podictionary 424
| Y | yarn - podictionary 992 | year - podictionary 1081 | yes - podictionary 453 | yesterday - podictionary 457
| Z | zaftig - podictionary 897 | Zen - podictionary 379 | zenith - podictionary 856 | zero - podictionary 1092 | Zimbabwe - podictionary 805 | zodiac - podictionary 1006
| rug - podictionary 1121 | sublime - podictionary 1124 | weird - podictionary 1125 | janitor - podictionary 1127 | powwow - podictionary 1127 | pilgrim - podictionary 1128 | jockey - podictionary 1130 | volunteer - podictionary 1133 | marsupial - podictionary 1134 | tantalize - podictionary 1136 | pew - podictionary 1138 | simplify - podictionary 1139 | swear - podictionary 1140 | funeral - podictionary 1141 | goal - podictionary 1142 | vichyssoise - podictionary 1144 | gazpacho - podictionary 1145
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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.
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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.
Synopsis
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.
Repr. 2000. XXVII, 1284 p. 25,5 cm; Geb; Englisch
Ed. by Robert K. Barnhart
GB, 2000
CHAMBERS DICTIONARY OF ETYMOLOGY
Edited by Robert K Barnhart
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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.)
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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.
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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.
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.
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
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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
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.
Reissued ed. 1996. 568 p. 20 cm; Kt; Englisch Ed. by T. F. Hoad Oxford University Press, 1996
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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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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).
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.CD-ROM Enthält das gesamte Wörterbuch und zusätzlich
- Hochaktueller Wortschatz mit zahlreichen Neuwörtern (z. B. drill down, food miles, life coach)
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- 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
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- Hunderte interaktiver Übungen zu Grammatik Wortschatz und Cambridge Exams (FCE, CAE, CPE, IELTS und BEC)
A brand new edition of the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary and CD-ROM, that is now more user-friendly than ever.
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.
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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
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
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.
Kurzbeschreibung
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: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. Macintosh: Power PC(r) G4 867MHz or faster processor; Intel Core Duo 2.13GHz or faster processor; Mac OS X v.10.4x or 10.5x. All platforms: 512MB of RAM; 1Gb free hard disk space; minimum monitor capability: 1024 x 768 pixels and high colour (16 bits per pixel, ie 65,536 colours); local CD-ROM/DVD drive (for installation); runs from hard drive only.
- 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.
Amazon.com
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.
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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 ' -
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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
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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.
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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.
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
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
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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.
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