”Guilty by Definition,” By Susie Dent. Publisher: Sourcebooks. 384 pages. $27.99.

There may also be a reason why Merriam-Webster went so hard with their ad. The company, as well as Encyclopedia Britannica, ...

Susie Dent’s winning novel follows a team of lexicographers investigating cryptic letters related to a long-ago disappearance ...

Complete with thumb notches and a deep red cover, and weighing almost 5 pounds, the 12th edition is the first new edition in 20 years.

Dent is a lexicographer and TV presenter in Britain, where for more than two decades she’s been talking about words on the ...

Three days following a deadly shooting, the Burnette Chapel Church of Christ holds worship; Alabama GOP Senate nominee Roy Moore holds strong convictions; and the 500-year-old Book of Common Prayer ...

Fictional dictionaries on Kindle make Tolkien and other dense series easier to read, letting me tap for context without ...

The Anti-Defamation League has removed an online resource guide about extremism, one day after Elon Musk escalated a wave of right-wing criticism against the group by criticizing an entry. The ...

The IAEA Nuclear Safety and Security Glossary, 2022 (Interim) Edition, defines and explains technical terms used in IAEA safety standards and IAEA nuclear security guidance and other safety and ...

Merriam-Webster took the rare step of fully revising and reimagining one of its most popular dictionaries. New words include ...

Merriam-Webster on Thursday announced a major overhaul of its popular “Collegiate” dictionary. The company has added more than 5,000 terms. Here's a few of them with definitions — and some usage ...

Are dictionaries going the way of dodos, pocket calculators and civil discourse? Some dictionaries are still printed but, increasingly, the reference books have moved online. And, as Stefan Fatsis ...