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The first single-language dictionary in the English language was known as the __________.

Top Verdict

Table Alphabeticall

Scheduled Words
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The words in bold at the top of each page help to locate an entry word.

Definition

Etymology words

Guide Words
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The first American who learned 26 languages to write his dictionary.

Noah Webster

Robert Cawdrey

Samuel Johnson
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The first Merriam-Webster Dictionary cost $6.

True

False
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Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word in the English dictionary which is the name of a ______ disease.

Heart

Bacterial

Lung
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The most notable dictionary error of all time is ______.

Tick

Dord

Dust
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________ is the term coined to describe the study of dictionaries. 

Lexicography

Linguistics

Terminology
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Who said this?

“Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.”

John Simpson

Samuel Johnson

Edmund Weiner
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A short list, sometimes at the back of a book, is often called a _________.

Definition

Pronunciation

Glossary
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Do Dictionaries contain all the words?

Yes

No