List of lexicographers; Preface; Guide to the use of the Dictionary; Transliteration; Abbreviations and symbols; Key to the Pronunciation; The Dictionary A-M volume 1; The Dictionary N-Z volume 2; Authors and publications quoted; References to the Bible; References to Shakespeare
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collection of English words manages to squeeze in over a third of
the original's content,
including its hallmark: minute etymological details."--US News &
World Reports
"In dictionary terms, the publication of The New Shorter OED is
among the major events of the last half century."--Chicago
Tribune
"The Shorter is the Matterhorn to the great OED's Everest--elegant,
awesome and marvelous to behold, differing only in size. A
stupendous achievement."--Simon Winchester (author of The Professor
and the Madman)
"The page design is clean and remarkably easy to read."--Publishers
Weekly "The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary redefines hip."--The
New York Post "Even at a fraction of its original bulk, the premier
collection of English words manages to squeeze in over a third of
the original's content,
including its hallmark: minute etymological details."--US News &
World Reports
"In dictionary terms, the publication of The New Shorter OED is
among the major events of the last half century."--Chicago
Tribune
"The Shorter is the Matterhorn to the great OED's Everest--elegant,
awesome and marvelous to behold, differing only in size. A
stupendous achievement."--Simon Winchester (author of The Professor
and the Madman)
"The page design is clean and remarkably easy to read."--Publishers
Weekly "The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary redefines hip."--The
New York Post "Even at a fraction of its original bulk, the premier
collection of English words manages to squeeze in over a third of
the original's content,
including its hallmark: minute etymological details."--US News &
World Reports
"In dictionary terms, the publication of The New Shorter OED is
among the major events of the last half century."--Chicago Tribune
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