The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles I-II.

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The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary offers the incomparable authority and historical perspective of The Oxford English Dictionary in convenient two-volume form. The Shorter is one-sixth the length of the original OED but treats two-thirds of its vocabulary. The principal features of the parent work are retained: meanings are set out in their sequence of development, and are illustrated by quotations from a wide variety of literary and other sources; full etymologies are given. After the OED itself, this dictionary provides the most comprehensive coverage of the Enghsh language from the time of King Alfred to the second half of the twentieth century.
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Candid (kse ndid), a. 1630. [- Fr. candide or L. candidus, f. candere be white, glisten; jeejD2J_L_4JVhite -1805; fig. t fortunate -1715; clear 1647. 2. Free from bias; impartial {Obs. or arch.) 1635. t 3. Free from malice; favourably... Tovább

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The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary offers the incomparable authority and historical perspective of The Oxford English Dictionary in convenient two-volume form. The Shorter is one-sixth the length of the original OED but treats two-thirds of its vocabulary. The principal features of the parent work are retained: meanings are set out in their sequence of development, and are illustrated by quotations from a wide variety of literary and other sources; full etymologies are given. After the OED itself, this dictionary provides the most comprehensive coverage of the Enghsh language from the time of King Alfred to the second half of the twentieth century.
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date first used
earliest sense
quotations from named authors \
derived words
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Candid (kse ndid), a. 1630. [- Fr. candide or L. candidus, f. candere be white, glisten; jeejD2J_L_4JVhite -1805; fig. t fortunate -1715; clear 1647. 2. Free from bias; impartial {Obs. or arch.) 1635. t 3. Free from malice; favourably disposed, kindly -1800. 4. Frank, ingenuous, sincere in what one says 1675.—---
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1. The stones came c. forth, the hue of innocence Dkvden. This c. and joyful day Bentley. Hisc. stile Cowley, fame Browning. 2. A c. state of suspense Chatham. 3. Laugh where we must, be c. where we can Pope. 4. Let us be c., and speak out our mind Goldsm. Also ironically: Save, save, ohl save me from the 0. Friend Canning. Hence Ga'ndld-ly adv., -ness.
- how and when the modern use developed
The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary On Historical Principles
Prepared by William Little, H. W. Fowler, and Jessie Coulson
Revised and edited by C. T. Onions
Third edition completely reset with etymologies revised by G. W. S. Friedrichsen and with revised and enlarged addenda
The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles is an abridgement of the original edition of The Oxford English Dictionary. It aims to present on a reduced scale all the features of the principal work. It is designed to embrace not only the colloquial and literary English of the present day, together with such technical and scientific words as are most frequently met with, but also a considerable proportion of obsolete, archaic, and dialectal uses. Although the Shorter is one-sixth of the length of the OED it is not short by the standards of other full and comprehensive English dictionaries—it contains more illustrative quotations than any of them, and the number of words treated amounts to two-thirds of the original. It presents a vocabulary of about 180,000 entries, including combinations and idiomatic phrases.
The presentation is historical, covering the history of the general English vocabulary from the days of King Alfred down to the present time, and setting out meanings in chronological sequence of development. The meanings are illustrated by quotations either exactly dated or assigned to their authors, a selection from the range of quotations in the parent work. The definitions have much of their original fullness, so that the ample and leisurely character of the OED is retained.
This reset version of the Shorter, as well as presenting the dictionary in a fresh and elegant type-face, incorporates two new features. The etymologies of all words in the body of the dictionary have been revised; and a fresh set of Addenda is included, drawn chiefly from the material assembled for the Supplement to the OED and presenting notable accessions to the English language in the period since the OED appeared. Vissza