The New shorter Oxford English dictionary on historical principles / edited by Lesley Brown.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brown, Lesley.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Dictionaries.

English language.

Genre:

Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

2 volumes ; 29 cm

Other Title:

Shorter Oxford English dictionary.

Oxford English dictionary.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.

Summary:

For the past 65 years, the massive Oxford English Dictionary has offered the last word on the English language. Now Oxford University Press is pleased to announce a landmark new dictionary that brings the authority and scholarship of the OED within the reach of individuals. Two slipcased, thumb-indexed volumes feature over 300,000 definitions, more than seven million words, with over 25,000 variant spellings. Full-size type.

ISBN:

0198612710

019861134X

OCLC:

29470987