Words similar to oed

Example sentences for: oed

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Marathon provided the model after it was reintroduced into English from Greek with the First Olympic Games at Athens in 1896, according to the OED . The long-distance running event honored the warrior who in 490 B.C. ran to Athens in order to announce the Greek victory over the Persians on the plains of Marathon.
The citations are shown to add explanatory information to the definitions as well as context, not, as in the OED , as attempts at establishing earliest recorded evidence.
The OED does not include swivel hips but many school teachers were once called, out of earshot, “Miss Swiviel Hips” and the thought expressed, “I'd like to have that swing on my porch.”
As the OED2e delicately puts it, of timber or fruit in a state of incipient decay.
The OED , for example, has very long and elaborate etymologies, some of which might have been superseded (presumably in OED2e ), which means you have to have the latest edition.