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Definition of Oxford English
1. Noun. The dialect of English spoken at Oxford University and regarded by many as affected and pretentious.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxford English
Literary usage of Oxford English
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1913)
"By WILLIAM One of the Library Editions of the Oxford English Texts. ... (Oxford
English Texts.) The Complete Poetical Works ol Samuel Taylor Coleridge. ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1907)
"I see on the back of the last official-bound volumes the endorsement is slightly
changed from ' The Oxford English Dictionary ' to ' The Oxford Dictionary,' ..."
3. Who's who by Henry Robert Addison, Charles Henry Oakes, William John Lawson, Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen (1898)
"BRADLEY, Henry, joint-editor of the Oxford English Dictionary since 1889; b.
Manchester, 3 Dec. 1845 ; s. of John Bradley and Mary Spencer; m. ..."
4. Asian Review by East India Association (London, England) (1901)
"The " Oxford English Dictionary": a New English Dictionary on Historical Principles;
founded mainly on the materials collected by the Philological Society. ..."
5. Lord Mayors' Pageants: Being Collections Towards a History of These Annual ...by Frederick William Fairholt, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Heywood, Thomas Jordan, John Tatham by Frederick William Fairholt, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Heywood, Thomas Jordan, John Tatham (1843)
"... OF Oxford English FACULTY LIBRARY ST. CROSS BUILDING, OXFORD This book is
confined to the Library Most facsimile and limited editions, dictionaries, ..."
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