1. Samuel Johnson Dictionary of the English language

2. Samuel Johnson Lifeline Samuel Johnson, Writer Born: 18 September 1709 Birthplace: Lichfield, England Died: 13 December 1784 Best Known As: Editor of A Dictionary of the English Language (1755)

4. Unabridged and Abridged Editions The first edition of Johnson's Dictionary ran to 2,300 pages and contained 42,773 entries. Extravagantly priced at 4 pounds, 10 shillings, it sold only a few thousand copies in its first decade.

5. The Quotations Johnson's most significant innovation was to include quotations (well over 100,000 of them from more than 500 authors) to illustrate the words he defined as well as provide tidbits of wisdom along the way.quotations

6. The Definitions

7. Barbarisms Johnson didn't hesitate to pass judgment on words he considered socially unacceptable. On his list of barbarisms were such familiar words as budge, con, gambler, ignoramus, shabby, trait, and volunteer (used as a verb). And Johnson could be opinionated in other ways, as in his famous (though not original) definition of oats: "a grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people."barbarisms

8. Meanings Not surprisingly, some of the words in Johnson's Dictionary have undergone a change in meaning since the 18th century. For example, in Johnson's time a cruise was a small cup, a high-flier was someone who "carries his opinions to extravagance," a recipe was a medical prescription, and a urinator was "a diver; one who searches under water."

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