Year: | 1656 | ||
Short description: | Blount publishes 'Glossographia' | ||
Medium description: | Thomas Blount's "Glossographia" published. 1st new English-English dictionary since 1623 (Starnes & Noyes, 1991). Borrowed from variety of sources but mostly from Thomas and Holyoke. 1st English-English dictionary to attempt to record etymologies and first to cite the authors he had consulted (Starnes & Noyes, 1991). 11000 entries, routine use of etymologies and "the 1st dictionary illustrations" (Crystal) [Bejoint states 1681] | ||
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