13 Words from the First Dictionary That No Longer Exist. By Molly Pennington, PhD. Updated on Jan. 18, 2023. Don't let these obscure words fade away! 1 / 14. Daniel Grill/Getty Images.

Henry Campbell Black, A Law Dictionary. . . . St. Paul, 1910. Black (1860-1927), a Pennsylvania lawyer and legal scholar, wrote this work with the aim of creating the first comprehensive law ...

13 Words from the First Dictionary That No Longer Exist More Than 300 Words Were Just Added to Dictionary.com—Here Are the Ones You Need to Know If You See This 3-Word Phrase in a Text ...

Lest anyone accuse the author of the first modern English dictionary of self-importance, Samuel Johnson had a clear definition of “lexicographer”: “a writer of dictionaries; a harmless ...