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First Fascicle Publication
- When
- 1 February 1884
- Where
- Publication location
The first fascicle of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles was published on 1 February 1884, covering words from A to Ant.
This 352-page volume was the first installment of the dictionary, published twenty-three years after initial sample pages. It cost 12s 6d and bore the full title including the Philological Society's contribution.
Sources
- Oxford English Dictionary Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-02
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