Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series

Weiner, John; Simpson, J A; Weiner, E S C; Proffitt, Michael

ISBN 10: 0198612990 / ISBN 13: 9780198612995

Published by Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1994

About this Item

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198612990
• ISBN 13: 9780198612995
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

The second in a major series of volumes supplementing the Second Edition of The Oxford English Dictionary, OED Additions Volume 2 contains, 3,000 new words and meanings presented in OED style, and represents work-in-progress from across the alphabetic range.

Its contents include: 3,000 new words and senses; cumulative index of volumes 1 and 2; world coverage of English including the UK (exclusion order), North America (enrollee), and Australia (grummet), a wide variety of subjects, including science (superstring), literary theory (epiphanic), and sport (strokeless); all registers of English, including colloquial (everyplace) and slang (dweeb); full historical documentation, and dates of first appearance.

About the Author

J. A. Simpson and E. S. C. Weiner are Lexicographers in the Oxford Languages department.