Today in 1884, the first part (or fascicle) of the Oxford English Dictionary, was published.
A 352-page volume, it defined words from “A to Ant,” corroborated by quotations from historical sources. The full title of the dictionary when it was first released was A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles; Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected b…
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