Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series

Bys: Weiner, John, Simpson, J. A., Weiner, E. S. C.

Book Overview

The second in a major series of volumes supplementing the Second Edition of The Oxford English Dictionary, OED Additions Volume 2 contains, 3,000 new words and meanings presented in OED style, and represents work-in-progress from across the alphabetic range.Its contents include: 3,000 new words and senses; cumulative index of volumes 1 and 2; world coverage of English including the UK (exclusion order), North America (enrollee), and Australia (grummet), a wide variety of subjects, including science (superstring), literary theory (epiphanic), and sport (strokeless); all registers of English, including colloquial (everyplace) and slang (dweeb); full historical documentation, and dates of first appearance.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198612990
• ISBN13: 9780198612995
• Release Date: February 1994
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"