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adj. = adjective

adv. = adverb

AHD

=

The American Heritage
Dictionary of the English
Language

 (4th ed. 2000)

Am. = American

AmE = American English

arch. = archaic

A.S. = Anglo-Saxon

Aus. = Australian

Br. = British

BrE = British English

c. = century

ca. = (

circa

) around

Can. = Canadian

cap. = capitalized

cf. = (

confer

) compare with

COD

=

The Concise Oxford
Dictionary of Current
English

 (8th ed. 1990)

colloq. = colloquial

conj. = conjunction

DAEU

= Margaret Nicholson, A

Dictionary of American-
English Usage

 (1957)

DCAU

= Bergen Evans & Cornelia

Evans, 

A Dictionary of

Contemporary American
Usage

 (1957)

ed. = edition; editor

e.g. = (

exempli gratia

) for

example

Eng. = English

esp. = especially

ex. = example
fig. = figuratively

fr. = from; derived from; found

in

Fr. = French

G.B. = Great Britain (i.e.,

England, Scotland, and
Wales)

Ger. = German

Gk. = Greek

ibid.

= (

ibidem

) in the same work

i.e. = (

id est

) that is

Ital. = Italian

Jap. = Japanese

L. = Latin

l.c. = lowercase

lit. = literally

MAU

= Wilson Follett, 

Modern

American Usage

 (1966)

ME = Middle English

MEU1

= H.W. Fowler, 

A Dictionary

of Modern English Usage

(1926)

MEU2

= H.W. Fowler, 

A Dictionary

of Modern English Usage

(Ernest Gowers ed., 2d ed.
1965)

MEU3

= R.W. Burchfield, 

The New

Fowler’s Modern English
Usage

 (1996)

n. = noun

no. = number

NOAD

=

The New Oxford American
Dictionary

 (2001)

Norw. = Norwegian

obs. = obsolete

OE = Old English

OED

=

The Oxford English
Dictionary

 (2d ed. 1989)

OED Supp.

=

A Supplement to the
Oxford English Dictionary

(4 vols., 1972-1986)

OF = Old French

OGEU

=

The Oxford Guide to
English Usage

 (1983)

orig. = originally

p. = page

phr. = phrase

pl. = plural

pmbl. = preamble

pp. = pages

p.pl. = past participle

prep. = preposition
pron. = pronoun

pr.pl. = present participle

quot. = quotation

repr. = reprinted

rev. = revised by; revision

RH2

=

The Random House
Dictionary of the English
Language

 (2d ed. 1987)

Russ. = Russian

Scot. = Scottish

sing. = singular

SOED

=

The New Shorter Oxford
English Dictionary

 (1993)

Sp. = Spanish

specif. = specifically

U&A

= Eric Partridge, 

Usage &

Abusage

 (1942)

U.K. = United Kingdom (i.e.,

Great Britain and-since
1922-Northern Ireland)

U.S. = United States

USGPO = United States Government

Printing Office, 

A Manual

of Style

 (rev. ed. 1986)

usu. = usually

vb. = verb

v.i. = intransitive verb

v.t. = transitive verb

W2

=

Webster’s New Interna-
tional Dictionary of the
English Language

 (2d ed.

1934)

W3

=

Webster’s Third New
International Dictionary of
the English Language

(1961)

W11

=

Merriam-Webster’s
Collegiate Dictionary

 (11th

ed. 2003)

WDEU

=

Merriam-Webster’s
Dictionary of English
Usage

 (1989)

WNWCD

=

Webster’s New World
College Dictionary

 (3d ed.

1995)