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    Dictionary. Langenscheidt dictionaries in various languages. A multi-volume Latin dictionary by Egidio Forcellini. Dictionary definition entries. A dictionary is a listing of lexemes from the lexicon of one or more specific languages, often arranged alphabetically (or by consonantal root for Semitic languages or radical and stroke for ...

    • Lexeme

      A lexeme (/ ˈ l ɛ k s iː m / ⓘ) is a unit of lexical meaning...

  2. Slang dictionary. A slang dictionary is a reference book containing an alphabetical list of slang, which is vernacular vocabulary not generally acceptable in formal usage, usually including information given for each word, including meaning, pronunciation, and etymology.

  3. Dictionary. • Leme (Lexicons of Early Modern English) • A Table Alphabeticall, conteyning and teaching the true writing, and understanding of hard usuall English wordes, by Robert Crawdrey (1604) • A Table Alphabeticall (1617, 3 rd edition) (scanned book) It's the first English dictionary (120 pages, 3 000 words)

  4. noun. A person who bites his or her nails, esp. habitually or compulsively.

  5. The long nineteenth century is a term for the 125-year period beginning with the onset of the French Revolution in 1789, and ending with the outbreak of World War I in 1914. It was coined by Soviet writer Ilya Ehrenburg [1] and later popularized by British Marxist historian Eric Hobsbawm. The term refers to the notion that the period reflects a ...

  6. The 1800s (pronounced "eighteen-hundreds") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on 1 January 1800, and ended on 31 December 1809. The term "eighteen-hundreds" could also mean the entire century from 1 January 1800 to 31 December 1899 (the years beginning with "18"), and is almost synonymous with the 19th century (1801–1900).

  7. Modern English language. • A high school English grammar by George Jones, Lewis Horning & John Morrow (1922) • Grammar of late modern English by Hendrik Poutsma (1914): I & II - III - IV - V. • The characters of the English verb and the expanded form, by Hendrik Poutsma (1921) • The infinitive, the gerund and the participles of the ...

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