Table of Contents

List of lexicographers; Preface; Guide to the use of the Dictionary; Transliteration; Abbreviations and symbols; Key to the Pronunciation; The Dictionary A-M volume 1; The Dictionary N-Z volume 2; Authors and publications quoted; References to the Bible; References to Shakespeare

Reviews

"The Shorter is the Matterhorn to the great OED's Everest--elegant, awesome and marvelous to behold, differing only in size. A stupendous achievement."--Simon Winchester (author of The Professor and the Madman)
"The page design is clean and remarkably easy to read."--Publishers Weekly "The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary redefines hip."--The New York Post "Even at a fraction of its original bulk, the premier collection of English words manages to squeeze in over a third of the original's content,
including its hallmark: minute etymological details."--US News & World Reports
"In dictionary terms, the publication of The New Shorter OED is among the major events of the last half century."--Chicago Tribune


"The Shorter is the Matterhorn to the great OED's Everest--elegant, awesome and marvelous to behold, differing only in size. A stupendous achievement."--Simon Winchester (author of The Professor and the Madman)
"The page design is clean and remarkably easy to read."--Publishers Weekly "The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary redefines hip."--The New York Post "Even at a fraction of its original bulk, the premier collection of English words manages to squeeze in over a third of the original's content,
including its hallmark: minute etymological details."--US News & World Reports
"In dictionary terms, the publication of The New Shorter OED is among the major events of the last half century."--Chicago Tribune

"The Shorter is the Matterhorn to the great OED's Everest--elegant, awesome and marvelous to behold, differing only in size. A stupendous achievement."--Simon Winchester (author of The Professor and the Madman)
"The page design is clean and remarkably easy to read."--Publishers Weekly "The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary redefines hip."--The New York Post "Even at a fraction of its original bulk, the premier collection of English words manages to squeeze in over a third of the original's content,
including its hallmark: minute etymological details."--US News & World Reports
"In dictionary terms, the publication of The New Shorter OED is among the major events of the last half century."--Chicago Tribune