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Not just any dictionary, the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is considered to be the most authoritative and comprehensive record of the English language in the world. The OED not only provides present-day meanings of words, but also gives the history of individual words, and of the language, traced through more than 3 million quotations.
Did you know "roanoke" comes from the Virginia Algonquian word for white beads made from shell?
Next time you wonder where a specific word, quote, or turn-of-phrase came from, try OED.com!
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