Modern dictionaries have a longer masthead than the average magazine; my copy of Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary lists 25 editors. But the first—and still, by some measures, the ...

Here is a real treat for word lovers: 3,100 selections from Dr. Johnson's historic dictionary, with definitions, etymologies and usage illustrations. To buss is charmingly defined as""To kiss; to ...

It took roughly eight years for Samuel Johnson and his staff of six helpers to complete the Dictionary of the English Language, published on April 15, 1755. The work soon established itself as one of ...

LONDON - It began with "a," ended with "zootomy" and revolutionized the way speakers of English think about their language. Samuel Johnson's "Dictionary of the English Language," published 250 years ...

Sept. 18 (UPI) --Google is celebrating what would have been the 308th birthday of lexicographer Samuel Johnson with a new Doodle. Google's homepage features an animated sequence of Johnson inside of a ...

Google’s Doodle today commemorates the birthday of the compiler of the first authoritative English dictionary - Samuel Johnson, who was born 308 years ago today in Lichfield, Staffordshire. Already a ...

Before the Oxford English Dictionary was the go-to resource for our word-based needs, there was A Dictionary of the English Language. Its author, Samuel Johnson, is being honored by Google on Monday ...

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