Consider such words as "cannoli" and "teriyaki," which come from other tongues but are established through use, context, and frequency as English. There are many other thorny considerations that complicate the task of counting individual words and tallying up the language in that way.
Other new words come from foods and drinks. One such word is fluffernutter. This is a sandwich made with peanut butter and marshmallow between two pieces of white bead. Another is horchata — a cold drink made from ground rice or almonds, with spices like cinnamon or vanilla.
Eating too many fluffernutters could give you a bit of a dad bod. And this is not even the first time this year it has added hundreds of new words.
Last January, the dictionary publisher added new words. That is a lot of new vocabulary for you to study. Ashley Thompson was the editor. You can read more about the revisions and new words in the June update in this article by the Chief Editor John Simpson. Over one million current and historical inflected forms have been added to the database, and author and work titles have been expanded throughout — improving the success of searches for words or quotations in the OED.
This quarter sees full updates from affable to always , a sequence that was included in the very first instalment of the OED A — ant in Find out more here. The revised and updated OED entries in this update covers two general themes: transport and infection. Alongside these, we have major clusters around five keywords: ice, key, save, small, and state. Our latest update to the OED , published on 24 March, revises more than 1, entries and adds new words from across the dictionary.
It also sees the launch of our new website, which has come a long way since we first moved the dictionary online in Our Chief Editor has written a commentary on the revisions, as well as what has changed in the world of online dictionaries, and Graeme Diamond and Katherine Martin have provided our new words notes for this quarter.
We have added hundreds of words to the OED this quarter, including several to areas that we have already revised. That is one of the benefits of having an online dictionary and, rather topically, this update contains words from the world of computers, including net-neutrality and autocomplete.
This quarter sees hundreds more words enter the dictionary, including Britcom and securocrat. Read our notes on the latest revision here , or find out more about the new words that have been added in this update.
On 11 March the New Edition was updated with new materials which fall into three maincategories: a alphabetical series of revised entries based around significant words from across the alphabet; b the sequence of revised entries from requalify to Rg ; c a series of new entries and senses from across the alphabet.
On 10 June the alphabetical range Rh-rococoesque was added to the New Edition: every word in this range has been thoroughly revised and updated. The sixteenth of this month saw our latest update to the OED , which saw the full revision of the range rod-rotness. John Simpson has written some notes on our latest revisions , and Graeme Diamond has provided a commentary on some of our new words.
The latest update of the OED, published on 1 December , revises more than 2, entries and adds new words from across the dictionary. We updated the Third Edition of the dictionary with revisions in several alphabetical ranges in this update. John Simpson, our Chief Editor, has written about our latest revision, which sees the updating of community and human , among other words.
Our latest update, on 11 June, saw the revision and addition of words within the range rean-recyclist , as well as the inclusion of many new words from across the alphabet. John Simpson, our Chief Editor, has written a commentary on the revision of this section of the alphabet, and Graeme Diamond, Principal Editor, has written some notes on some of the more interesting new words. On 10 September the New Edition was updated with new materials which fall into three main categories: a alphabetical series of revised entries based around significant words from across the alphabet; b the sequence of revised entries from red to refulgent; c a series of new entries and senses from across the alphabet.
The range refund-reputeless was added to the dictionary on 10 December, alongside a batch of words that fall outside the alphabetical range. On 13 March the New Edition was updated with revised entries in a series of discrete alphabetical ranges, as well as the addition of new entries from across the alphabet. In some ranges, not every entry was revised, as editorial effort was concentrated on the most significant groups of related words.
In addition, about 30 virus names were revised across the alphabet. On 12 June the alphabetical range quittal-ramvert was added to the New Edition: every word in this range has been thoroughly revised and updated. This quarter, we have updated the dictionary with revised entries from a series of discrete alphabetical ranges, as well as new entries from across the alphabet. In some ranges, not every entry was revised as our editors were focusing on the most significant groups of related words.
In addition, entries for days of the week and months of the year were revised. On 11 December the alphabetical range ran-reamy was added to the New Edition: every word in this range has been thoroughly revised and updated. Below are listed all the new words in the range. We have also added a further list of new words from across the alphabet.
On 15 March the alphabetical range Prakrit-prim was added to the New Edition: every word in this range has been thoroughly revised and updated. A few of our new additions are princessy , suitable for a princess, and Prince Valiant , chiefly North American term for a hairstyle resembling that of any representations of Prince Valiant.
On 14 September, we added the thoroughly revised and updated range proter-purposive to the dictionary, as well as a selection of new words from across the alphabet.
This update sees the inclusion of pullikins , which are forceps or pliers used to extract teeth. Now historical, the term seems to have come from pull plus kins , the i added apparently for euphony. Our December update this year sees the completion of the revision of words beginning with p , and covers purpress-quit shilling as well as other words from across the alphabet. A quit shilling is a sum of money spent by a prisoner in terms of his or her acquittal, although the word is now obsolete.
We published our latest range of entries, philanthropal-pimento , on the sixteenth of the month, alongside a batch of new entries from across the alphabet.
New words this quarter include phlebotomy and photo-imaging. What an update. The range of entries pleb-Pomak was published on 14 September, as well as many words from across the alphabet. One of our new words is pletzel , a flat roll, similar to a bagel, with a crisp or chewy texture. This 14 December, we have added our latest batch of new and revised words to the Third Edition of the OED , which includes pomander-prajnaparamita.
As well as Pompadour pink , power-up , and poster child have joined the dictionary. The tenth of this month sees the completion of the letter o in our revision programme as we add our new and revised entries for the batch ovesting-Papua New Guinean to the Third Edition. Non-alphabetical additions this quarter include cool Britannia and diddly-squat. This quarter, we have continued to update the Third Edition and have added new and revised entries for the range papula-Paul , as well as to other areas of the alphabet.
In our update, which went live on the 25 June, we revised party , n. The range of entries Paul-Bunnell-perfay has been published in our September update, which went live on 18 September. First used in c, it seems to have fallen out of use in the seventieth and eighteenth centuries only to be revived in archaic and poetic use in the nineteenth century. As well as perfect age , perfect crime , and perfect rhyme , we have added Philadelphia cheesesteak : a sandwich that is typically made with slices of fried beef, onions, and cheese, and served in a hard roll.
Entries in the range nud-ollycrock comprise the bulk of the latest batch of words to enter the OED on 11 March. Our latest additions include old schooler and water birth , as well as yeehaw and.
As of our last update in June, the New Edition revision programme reached the alphabetical range beginning with o , and this release sees the inclusion and revision of words in the range olm-orature , as well as others from across the alphabet. Omega-3 , ooff , and opinionatedly have all been added, as have TV land and television land. On the ninth of the month, we released our latest batch of entries, which includes words from ou-overzealousness.
Outside of the alphabetical range, we have added BBQ and vavoom , as well as the verbs problem-solve and supersize. As well as computing terms such as MUD and multibit , this update sees the inclusion of Muggle. Coined by J. Rowling in the Harry Potter series, it denotes a person who possesses no magical powers and, in extended use, a person who lacks a particular skill or who is regarded as inferior in some way.
Additions outside of our alphabetical range this quarter include beanie and. On 12 June, we published our latest range of revisions and additions, which sees the completion for now! This must-read update includes mutsuddy , y bad , and nebbishly , as well as our usual out-of-range additions. New-dead , newbie , and newsmongering have all been added this quarter.
On the eleventh of the month, we released our latest batch of entries, which includes words from Nipkow disc-nuculoid. One of additions is noctivigate which is a rare verb meaning to wander or roam about at night. Entries within the range mid-Mirzapur were published on 14 March, as well as a selection of words from elsewhere in the alphabet. Additions this quarter include midibus , all-you-can-eat , and brain-box. On 13 June, we published our latest range of revisions and additions, mis-mitzvah , as well as a mittful of words from across the alphabet.
Our new words include prebiotic and misery guts. Our December update focused on entries within mono-motrix , and contains mono-brow and morna , a song of lament in the Cape Verde Islands.
On 15 March , we published entries within the range mast-meaty. On 14 June we added new words from the range of entries mebbe-memsahib. We have also added a further list of new words from across the alphabet, including acid jazz and DJ-ing. Additions include meringue as a verb, as well as DVD , e-book , and e-ticket.
Our December update focused on entries within the range met-micturition , as well as several words from across the alphabet such as girl power and text message. The first range of New Edition entries are M-mahurat.
In , Harvard researchers published findings in the journal Science that began to quantify the number of definition-less words in English. A very talented editor may write seven entries in a day, or she may need weeks to describe just one word. At Wordnik, we believe that every word should be lookupable.
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