Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 2 Vols. - Trumble, William R.
Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 2 Vols. - Trumble, William R. From the beginning, the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary was intended to be an abridgement of the full Oxford English Dictionary. He…
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Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 2 Vols. - Trumble, William R.
From the beginning, the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary was intended to be an abridgement of the full Oxford English Dictionary. He worked on it until his death in 1922, after which the dictionary was completed by H. W. The first editor, William Little, was appointed in 1902.
The First Edition was published in 1933, in two volumes.The Second Edition, published in 1936, contained about 3,000 revisions and additions. Fowler, Jessie Coulson, and C. T. Onions. The Third Edition (1944) contained an appendix of addenda and corrigenda, and this edition was reprinted several times with corrections and additions, the most significant being in 1973, with enlarged addenda (now running to over 70 pages) and a major revision of all the etymologies.The New Shorter was prepared under the editorship of Lesley Brown 1980-1993.
It was the first complete revision of the dictionary, being in
Compact Oxford English Dictionary