The print edition of Merriam-Webster was once a touchstone of authority and stability. Then the internet brought about a ...

More than 1,000 words used as far back as 325BC to be collected for insight into past linguistic landscape It is not likely to be a hefty volume because the vast majority of the material has been lost ...

It is not likely to be a hefty volume because the vast majority of the material has been lost in the mists of time. But the remnants of a language spoken in parts of the UK and Ireland 2,000 years ago ...

It took about 70 years for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary to be completed. Conceived in 1857, the project ...

Researchers discover a unique genetic code in Antarctic archaea that encodes a rare amino acid, potentially advancing protein ...

A new first-of-its-kind dictionary has been launched aimed at ending the need to understand Irish words “through the lens of English”. President Catherine Connolly was among those hailing the ...

Since the inception of the Doha Historical Dictionary of the Arabic Language His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al- ...

The launch of a first-of-its-kind Irish dictionary has been hailed as a “historic moment” for the language. It will be the first ever monolingual Irish dictionary, meaning that for the first time, ...

Researchers at a Welsh university have begun work on the first comprehensive dictionary of the ancient Celtic languages spoken in Ireland and Britain. The three-year project, led by Dr Simon Rodway at ...

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The first complete dictionary of the ancient Celtic languages of Britain and Ireland is being made. Ancient Celtic languages were spoken before the Romans came to Britain, and are where modern Celtic ...

For the first time in more than 20 years, Merriam-Webster is out with a new edition of its "Collegiate Dictionary." The 12th Edition includes some 5,000 new words and weighs almost five pounds.