{"product_id":"oxford-english-dictionary-additions-series-volume-1","title":"Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series: Volume 1","description":"This is the first of three volumes in a major series supplementing the acclaimed Second Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary. Each volume contains 3,000 new words and meanings presented in the style of the OED. representing a variety of work-in-progress from across the alphabetical range, covering words and meanings that have recently entered the language as well as the results of further research on items already included.\n\nWith over 12,000 illustrative quotations showing the evolution of each word or meaning, these volumes are not only testimony to the continual development of our living language, but also a compelling browse.\n\nWords from around the world:\nBritain: assisted place, steaming\nNorth America: metroplex, statie\nAustralia: boatie, rego\nNew Zealand: patete, spiker\nSouth Africa: Broederbond, patha patha\nCaribbean: ping-wing, Ras\n\nWide coverage of subjects:\nPolitics: Broad Left\nMedicine: burstectomy\nBroadcasting: squarial\nComputing: Unix\nNatural History: nectarivore\nLiterature: narratology\nScience: quasicrystal, bijection\nEcology: biohazardous\nSport: bases-loaded, forkball\n\nNew loan-words:\nshuriken (Japanese)\nShoah (Hebrew)\npisteur (French)\nnorteamericano (Spanish)\nDetails of first appearance:\nbest boy (1937)\nPasionara (1969)\nprodrug (1968)\nmuesli belt (1981)\nsous vide (1986)\n\nPlease note, this volume is printed with a board cover and does not include a dust jacket.","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54254655373656,"sku":"9780198612926","price":49.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780198612926.jpg?v=1764962138","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/oxford-english-dictionary-additions-series-volume-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}