Its first vol. was published in 1884

• Its second ed. contains about 59 million words
• Venerable lexicon: Abbr
• Brit. ref. work
• Subj. of "The Professor and the Madman"
• UK word authority
• Twenty-volume ref. work
• Lexicographer's ref
• Weighty ref. work
• Large Brit. reference

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
initialism (acronym) of Oxford English Dictionary , attested from 1898, according to the "Oxford English Dictionary."