On this day, in 1884: Oxford English Dictionary is published. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED), published by the Oxford University Press, is the self-styled premier dictionary of the English language. With descriptions for approximately 600,000 words, the Oxford English Dictionary is the worlds most comprehensive single-language print dictionary according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Work on the dictionary began in 1857, but it was not until 1884 that it started to be published in unbound fascicles as work continued on the project under the name A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles; Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by The Philological Society. The first Dictionary fascicle was published on 1 February 1884. Its total sales were a disappointing 4,000 copies. The first electronic version of the dictionary was made available in 1988. The online version has been available since 2000, and as of August 2010 was receiving two million hits per month from paying subscribers. #Ayiba
Posted on: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 13:37:13 +0000
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