Oxford English Dictionary by Oxford University Press
This book is a comprehensive and authoritative resource that provides definitions, etymology, and pronunciation for more than half a million English words. It is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. The dictionary includes words from across the English-speaking world and from all areas of human knowledge, and is continually updated to reflect the evolution of the language.
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- 7th on For The Love of Books (For The Love of Books)
- 27th on The 100 Best Books of the Decade(2000) (Times)