Provides the origins and history behind thousands of everyday English words. Includes detailed explanations of the context in which each word was originally use

A comprehensive list of 330,000 words in the English language and their definitions also includes separate sections listing biographical, Biblical, mythological

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Easy-to-understand definitions with 600 illustrations with special homework help sections.

Adventuring in Dictionaries: New Studies in the History of Lexicography brings together seventeen papers on the making of dictionaries from the sixteenth centur