- the original edition, published in twelve volumes from 1888 to 1928, and known retrospectively as OED1
- the OED2, consisting of a supplement published in four volumes from 1972 to 1986 (there was a 1933 supplement to OED1 too, but it was superseded by the four-volume supplement so I'm ignoring it here) and merged with the text of OED1 in 1989, after which two volumes of new words and senses were published in 1993 and one more in 1997
- the OED3, currently in progress and being published online only.
So here's a table of when the various fascicles, volumes, and editions were published, so that you can find out, at least probably if not definitively, the true age of an OED definition. Unless otherwise noted, all the entries are OED1. Note that the fascicles weren't necessarily published exactly in alphabetical order, because several editors worked on the project simultaneously.
Words included | Date (YYYY-MM-DD format) |
A-Ant | 1884-01 |
Ant-Batten | 1885-11 |
Batter-Boz | 1887-03 |
Bra-Byz | 1888-06 |
A-B volume | 1888 |
C-Cass | 1888-06 |
Cast-Clivy | 1889-11 |
Clo-Consigner | 1891-10 |
Consignant-Crouching | 1893-05 |
Crouchmas-Czech | 1893-11 |
C volume | 1893 |
D-Deceit | 1894-11 |
Deceit-Deject | 1894-12 |
Deject-Depravation | 1895-06 |
Depravative-Development | 1895-12 |
Development-Diffluency | 1895-12 |
Diffluent-Disburden | 1896-06 |
Disburdened-Disobservant | 1896-09 |
Disobstetricate-Distrustful | 1896-12 |
Distrustfully-Doom | 1897-03 |
Doom-Dziggetai | 1897-06 |
E-Every | 1891-07 |
Everybody-Ezod | 1894-03 |
D-E volume | 1897 |
F-Fang | 1894-11 |
Fanged-Fee | 1895-04 |
Fee-Field | 1895-09 |
Field-Fish | 1896-03 |
Fish-Flexuose | 1896-09 |
Flexuosity-Foister | 1897-03 |
Foisty-Frankish | 1897-10 |
Frank-law-Gain-coming | 1898-01 |
Gain-cope-Germanizing | 1898-01 |
Germano-Glass-cloth | 1899-03 |
Glass-coach-Graded | 1900-01 |
Gradeley-Greement | 1900-07 |
Green-Gyzzarn | 1900-12 |
F-G volume | 1900 |
H-Haversian | 1898-03 |
Haversine-Heel | 1898-06 |
Heel-Hod | 1898-12 |
Hod-Horizontal | 1899-03 |
Horizontality-Hywe | 1899-06 |
I-In | 1899-10 |
In-Inferred | 1900-03 |
Inferring-Inpushing | 1900-07 |
Input-Invalid | 1900-10 |
Invalid-Jew | 1900-12 |
Jew-Kairine | 1901-06 |
Kaiser-Kyx | 1901-10 |
H-K volume | 1901 |
L-Lap | 1901-03 |
Lap-Leisurely | 1902-01 |
Leisureness-Lief | 1902-03 |
Leif-Lock | 1903-01 |
Lock-Lyyn | 1903-10 |
M-Mandragon | 1904-10 |
Mandragora-Matter | 1905-07 |
Matter-Mesnalty | 1906-03 |
Mesne-Misbirth | 1906-12 |
Misbode-Monopoly | 1907-06 |
Monopoly-Movement | 1908-03 |
Movement-Myz | 1908-09 |
N-Niche | 1906-09 |
Niche-Nywe | 1907-09 |
L-N volume | 1908 |
O-Onomastic | 1902-07 |
Onomastical-Outing | 1903-03 |
Outjet-Ozyat | 1904-01 |
P-Pargeted | 1904-03 |
Pargeter-Pennached | 1904-12 |
Pennage-Pfennig | 1905-09 |
Ph-Piper | 1906-06 |
Piper-Polygenistic | 1907-03 |
Polygenous-Premious | 1907-12 |
Premisal-Prophesier | 1908-12 |
Prophesy-Pyxis | 1909-09 |
O-P volume | 1909 |
Q | 1902-10 |
R-Reactive | 1903-07 |
Reactively-Ree | 1904-07 |
Ree-Reign | 1905-03 |
Reign-Reserve | 1906-01 |
Reserve-Ribaldously | 1908-06 |
Ribaldric-Romanite | 1909-03 |
Romanity-Roundness | 1909-12 |
Round-nose-Ryze | 1910-03 |
S-Sauce | 1909-06 |
Sauce-alone-Scouring | 1910-06 |
Scouring-Sedum | 1911-03 |
See-Senatory | 1911-12 |
Senatory-Several | 1912-09-30 |
Several-Shaster | 1913-06-13 |
Shastri-Shyster | 1914-03-26 |
Q-Sh volume | 1914 |
Si-Simple | 1910-12 |
Simple-Sleep | 1911-09 |
Sleep-Sniggle | 1912-06-27 |
Sniggle-Sorrow | 1913-03-27 |
Sorrow-Speech | 1914-09-28 |
Speech-Spring | 1915-03-25 |
Spring-Standard | 1915-09-30 |
Standard-Stead | 1915-06-29 |
Stead-Stillatim | 1916-06-29 |
Stillation-Stratum | 1917-12-06 |
Stratus-Styx | 1919-09-04 |
Si-St volume | 1919 |
Su-Subterraneous | 1914-12-22 |
Subterraneously-Sullen | 1915-12-21 |
Sullen-Supple | 1917-01-18 |
Supple-Sweep | 1913-03-21 |
Sweep-Szmikite | 1919-09-04 |
T-Tealt | 1910-09 |
Team-Tezkere | 1911-06 |
Th-Thyzle | 1912-03-29 |
Su-Th volume | 1919 |
Ti-Tombac | 1912-12-23 |
Tombal-Trahysh | 1913-09-25 |
Traik-Trinity | 1914-06-24 |
Trink-Turn-down | 1915-06-24 |
Turndun-Tzirid | 1916-03-27 |
U-Unforeseeable | 1921-10-06 |
Unforeseeing-Unright | 1924-07-31 |
Unright-Uzzle | 1926-07-29 |
Ti-U volume | 1926 |
V-Verificative | 1916-10-26 |
Verificatory-Visor | 1917-08-30 |
Visor-Vywer | 1920-04-01 |
W-Wash | 1921-10-06 |
Wash-Wavy | 1923-05-24 |
Wavy-Wezzon | 1926-08-12 |
Wh-Whisking | 1923-05-17 |
Whisky-Wilfullness | 1924-11-27 |
Wilga-Wise | 1926-08-12 |
Wise-Wyzen | 1928-04-19 |
XYZ | 1921-10-06 |
V-Z volume | 1928 |
OED1 in full (12 vols.) | 1928 |
Supplement A-G | 1972 |
Supplement H-N | 1976 |
Supplement O-Sd | 1982 |
Supplement Sea-Z | 1986 |
OED2 in full (20 vols.) | 1989 |
OED2 Supplement vols. 1-2 | 1993 |
OED2 supplement vol. 3 | 1997 |
OED3 | in progress |
1 comment:
Thanks very much for this – most helpful.
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