Etymological English Dictionary

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An Universal Etymological English Dictionary
... An Universal Etymological English Dictionary was a dictionary compiled by Nathan Bailey (or Nathaniel Bailey) and first published in London in 1721 ... It was the most popular English dictionary of the eighteenth century ... In compiling his dictionary, Bailey borrowed greatly from John Kersey's Dictionarium Anglo-Britannicum (1706), which in turn drew from the later editions of Edward ...

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