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Oxford English Dictionary - an unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles

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Carillon travels

In Oxford English Dictionary Online, retrieved from http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/6041?redirectedFrom=amateur#

Mind the Gap: Academics, Interpreters, and Historical Interpretation

"Vignette" Oxford English Dictionary Online. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2012.

Vignettes and Vines: faster seeing

As regards the applied method, acknowledged historical English dictionaries such as the Middle English Dictionary online (henceforth the MED online) and the Oxford English Dictionary online (henceforth the OED online) are employed for the analysis.

Middle English preposition twen(e)

"Auto-da-fe, n." Oxford English Dictionary Online. 3rd ed.

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I turned to the 1989 second edition of The Oxford English Dictionary Online (which we are quite lucky to have remote access to from our home through the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, McIntyre Library) and came up with adjective 'delightful': Affording delight; delighting; highly pleasing, charming.