The print edition of Merriam-Webster was once a touchstone of authority and stability. Then the internet brought about a ...

October 16 is World Dictionary Day, marking the birthday of the great American lexicographer Noah Webster, who was born in what is now West Hartford, Connecticut, in 1758. Webster’s two-volume An ...

No more convincing proof of the extent to which the English language has been enriched as a result of the wonderful activity in scientific circles during recent years could be found than this new ...

Merriam-Webster is the oldest dictionary-publishing company in America and Friday was a day of expansion for the English language. The company released the addition of 690 new words and meanings that ...

WEBSTER'S Dictionary is so well known on both sides of the Atlantic that it is unnecessary to do much more than note the appearance of the present edition. The work was published originally in 1828, ...

I would venture that this is how many people think about print dictionaries: as battered, well-traveled relics that they like to have around, or at least would feel guilty about throwing away. So it ...