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The untold story of the complex word battles fought by the creators of the first Oxford English Dictionary.

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“The OED was one of the great creative enterprises of Victorian England. It is a real tour-de-force to make the words in the dictionary tell their own story.” —Nicolas Barker

“Erudite, thoroughly annotated, and thrilling for scholars, academics, and wordsmiths. . . . a worthy addition to any university, public, or personal library.”

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Lost for Words

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      Publisher Yale University Press
      Published 5 October 2005
      ISBN-13 9780300106992
      978-0300106992
      ISBN-10 0300106998
      Also in:
      Dictionaries Literary studies: general

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The untold story of the complex word battles fought by the creators of the first Oxford English Dictionary.

      Trade Review

      “The OED was one of the great creative enterprises of Victorian England. It is a real tour-de-force to make the words in the dictionary tell their own story.” —Nicolas Barker

      “Erudite, thoroughly annotated, and thrilling for scholars, academics, and wordsmiths. . . . a worthy addition to any university, public, or personal library.”

      * Bloomsbury Review *

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