Oxford English Dictionary
a lexicographic wonder comprised of 20 volumes of mostly abstruse words, from the graveyard of the english language, in which old gentleman of anglo-saxon origin refer to as a conversation piece when drinking their tea with their cronies and chaps; sometimes it is actually referred to promote dry erudite works of literature.
“jeeves” could you bring me volume 14 from the oxford english dictionary?” “there is a word from shakespeare, of which i am not quite sure.”
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the height of lexical resources.
if i’m not sure about the definition of a word, i might check the oxford english dictionary for an accurate and in-depth definition.
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