Sarah Ogilvie’s book tells the stories of the people who contributed word definitions during the creation of the world’s first etymological dictionary.
Chatto & Windus, $35
Chasing words may be an intellectual pursuit but it is hardly arid, and occasionally lends itself to pathos. In 1906 the widow of William Sykes from South Devon wrote to Murray that he had been working on a dictionary entry the Friday morning prior and died that evening, so “The last words he ever wrote were to you”.
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