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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 ...
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A lexeme (/ ˈ l ɛ k s iː m / ⓘ) is a unit of lexical meaning...
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A dictionary is a list of words and their meanings.....
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Long nineteenth century. 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 historian Eric Hobsbawm. The term refers to the notion that the ...
Before Samuel Johnson 's two-volume A Dictionary of the English Language, published in 1755 and considered the most authoritative and influential work of early English lexicography, there were other early English dictionaries: more than a dozen had been published during the preceding 150 years. This article lists the most significant ones.
Early Modern English. 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)
Webster's Dictionary 1828. This online edition has been carefully prepared in a proprietary format. All of the words, definitions and examples have been preserved, but the explanations of word origins have been omitted to make using the data in a digital format more accessible. We have omitted Webster's lengthy technical introduction for the ...
The Online Etymology Dictionary has been referenced by Oxford University 's "Arts and Humanities Community Resource" catalog as "an excellent tool for those seeking the origins of words" [6] and cited in the Chicago Tribune as one of the "best resources for finding just the right word". [7] It is cited in academic work as a useful, though not ...
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Common Era. Common Era ( CE) and Before the Common Era ( BCE) are year notations for the Gregorian calendar (and its predecessor, the Julian calendar ), the world's most widely used calendar era. Common Era and Before the Common Era are alternatives to the original Anno Domini (AD) and Before Christ (BC) notations used for the same calendar era.
