The Oxford English reference dictionary
By: edited by Judy Pearsall and Bill Trumble.
Contributors: Pearsall, Judy.; Trumble, Bill.
Edition: 2nd ed., rev.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Oxford, England; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1765
Subjects: English language -- Dictionaries.
Genres: Dictionaries.
Other titles: Oxford English dictionary
Description: "The Oxford English Dictionary (OED), like its abridged version, the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, is written on historical principles and traces the development of each word's meaning and form from its first appearance in English. Oxford's other English dictionaries, following the style of the ground-breaking New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998), present words according to their use and frequency in modern English."--BOOK JACKET.