In a two-story brick building in Springfield, Massachusetts, a team of definers, etymologists, pronouncers, daters, typists and lexicographers are hard at work on the long-awaited fourth edition of America’s premier dictionary. But perhaps their most important definition is still in the works: what should an online dictionary look like?
The Definition of a Dictionary
Stefan Fatsis | Slate | January 12, 2015 | 11,174 words
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