feedBBC Oxford English Dictionary Wordhunt
Are you a word maven? I'm not. But this looks like fun anyway. There's nothing better than a good word.BBC - History - Programmes - Wordhunt: "The OED seeks to find the earliest verifiable usage of every single word in the English language. The 50 words on the appeal list all have a date next to them, corresponding to the earliest evidence the dictionary currently has for that word or phrase. Can you trump that?"Well can you?
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