A New English Dictionary
A New English Dictionary: or, a complete collection of the most proper and significant words, commonly used in the language was an English dictionary compiled by philologist John Kersey and first published in London in 1702.[1]
Differences from previous dictionaries
Unlike previous dictionaries, which had focused on documenting difficult words, A New English Dictionary was one of the first to focus on words in common usage.[1] It was also the first to be written by a professional lexicographer.
Kersey's subsequent works
Kersey later continued his lexicographic career by enlarging Edward Phillips' The New World of English Words in 1706 and editing the Dictionarium Anglo-Britannicum in 1708.
Similary-titled work
The original title of the Oxford English Dictionary was A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, and it was sometimes given the abbreviation NED, for New English Dictionary.
References
- ^ a b Jain, Nalini (1984). "Evolution of the English Dictionary, 1600-1960". India International Centre Quarterly. 11 (2): 207–218. ISSN 0376-9771. JSTOR 23001660.
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Dictionaries of English
- An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
- Dictionary of Old English
- Middle English Dictionary
- Catholicon Anglicum (1483)
- The English Schoole-Master (1596)
- The New World of English Words (1658)
- A New English Dictionary (1702)
- An Universal Etymological English Dictionary (1721)
- Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language (1755)
- Webster's Dictionary (1828)
- Worcester's Dictionary
- Richardson's New Dictionary
- Imperial Dictionary (1847–1850)
- Century Dictionary (1889–1891)
- World Book Dictionary
- Dictionary of American English
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