The Stanford Dictionary of Anglicised Words and Phrases

by Charles Augustus Maude Fennell and John Frederick Stanford

Book Overview

In 1882 the University of Cambridge accepted a bequest of 5,000 from the writer John Frederick Stanford (1815-1880) for the purpose of creating a dictionary of loan words found in English. This volume, first published in 1892, was the result. Charles Augustus Fennell (1843-1916), a classicist and Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge was responsible for selecting the words for inclusion. Following criteria based on Stanford's own notes, the definition...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110801609X
• ISBN13: 9781108016094
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 848 Pages
• Weight: 4.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 8.3" x 11.7"