wordbookn.

Brit.

/ˈwəːdbʊk/, U.S.

/ˈwərdˌbʊk/

Forms: see word n. and book n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: word n., book n.

Etymology: < word n. + book n. With sense 1 compare early modern Dutch woordboeck (1599), Dutch woordenboek (1648; < the plural of woord word n. + boek book n.), German Wörterbuch (1631; < the genitive plural of Wort word n. + Buch book n.), †Wortbuch (17th cent.), Icelandic orðabók ( < the genitive plural of orð word n. + bók book n.), Swedish ordbok , Danish ordbog ; compare also earlier dictionary n., vocabulary n. and nomenclator n. 2, and later lexicon n., and the foreign-language forms cited at those entries.

1. A book containing a list of words (of a particular language, discipline, text, etc.) arranged in alphabetical or other systematic order; a glossary, a vocabulary.The term is sometimes used specifically to avoid the implication of completeness or elaboration of treatment characteristic of a dictionary or lexicon.

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the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > lexicography > [noun] > vocabulary or collection of words

vocabulist?1523

vocabular1530

vocabuler1530

vocabulary1532

nomenclator1585

wordbook1598

verbal1599

lexicon1647

nomenclature1659

vocabula1698

abecedarium1796

vocab1836

vocabulary book1854

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes To Rdr. sig. b1 If no other bookes can be so well perfected, but still some thing may be added, how much lesse a Word-booke?

1698 R. Ainsworth Most Nat. Way of Inst. 13 A long Word-book of two or three thousand Words jumbled together at a strange rate.

1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum at Vocabulary A Word-Book, a little Dictionary containing a Collection of Words.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1755 I. 163 Johnson's Dictionary..a work of much greater mental labour than mere Lexicons, or Word books, as the Dutch call them.

1846 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 9 5 (advt.) The obvious remedy is, to provide a book which shall render it unnecessary to make a Lesson Word-Book of the Bible; and so arrange in it the Words which the Bible contains.

1867 W. H. Smyth (title) The sailor's word-book: an alphabetical digest of nautical terms.

1879 G. F. Jackson (title) Shropshire Word-Book: a Glossary of Archaic and Provincial Words, etc. used in the County.

1900 J. S. Farmer Public School Word-bk. p. v It would..seem almost necessary to emphasise that this Word-Book is not, per se, a dictionary of school slang.

1969 V. Nabokov Ada i. xi. 69 Uncle Dan..was trying to read, with the aid of one of those dwarf dictionaries for undemanding tourists..he sought and retrieved—from under the footstool—the vestpocket wordbook.

2001 S. Fatsis Word Freak ix. 132 He pulls a..word book off the shelf, one that groups words by length.

2. A book containing the words of a musical composition; a libretto.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > opera > [noun] > libretto

testo1724

book1733

libretto1741

book of words1785

scena1788

wordbook1862

text1891

1862 Musical Times & Singing Class Circular 10 253/2 Choral Societies and others are informed that the word-books of this Oratorio are the sole copyright of their adapter.

1891 Guardian 23 Sept. 1531 Mr. Culwick's interesting summary of the word-book and its annotations.

1903 A. W. Patterson Schumann 179 He was particularly fastidious also in his choice of words for setting to music; witness the long and unfortunately fruitless correspondence with Pohl about a word-book for ‘Luther’.

2002 Musical Times Spring 22/1 For the Messiah arrangement, for example, the printed word book, a complete set of performing parts, the third part of Mozart's working score, and a later copy of the entire arrangement are all extant.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wordbook
释义	wordbookn. Brit. /ˈwəːdbʊk/, U.S. /ˈwərdˌbʊk/ Forms: see word n. and book n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: word n., book n. Etymology: < word n. + book n. With sense 1 compare early modern Dutch woordboeck (1599), Dutch woordenboek (1648; < the plural of woord word n. + boek book n.), German Wörterbuch (1631; < the genitive plural of Wort word n. + Buch book n.), †Wortbuch (17th cent.), Icelandic orðabók ( < the genitive plural of orð word n. + bók book n.), Swedish ordbok , Danish ordbog ; compare also earlier dictionary n., vocabulary n. and nomenclator n. 2, and later lexicon n., and the foreign-language forms cited at those entries. 1. A book containing a list of words (of a particular language, discipline, text, etc.) arranged in alphabetical or other systematic order; a glossary, a vocabulary.The term is sometimes used specifically to avoid the implication of completeness or elaboration of treatment characteristic of a dictionary or lexicon. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > lexicography > [noun] > vocabulary or collection of words vocabulist?1523 vocabular1530 vocabuler1530 vocabulary1532 nomenclator1585 wordbook1598 verbal1599 lexicon1647 nomenclature1659 vocabula1698 abecedarium1796 vocab1836 vocabulary book1854 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes To Rdr. sig. b1 If no other bookes can be so well perfected, but still some thing may be added, how much lesse a Word-booke? 1698 R. Ainsworth Most Nat. Way of Inst. 13 A long Word-book of two or three thousand Words jumbled together at a strange rate. 1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum at Vocabulary A Word-Book, a little Dictionary containing a Collection of Words. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1755 I. 163 Johnson's Dictionary..a work of much greater mental labour than mere Lexicons, or Word books, as the Dutch call them. 1846 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 9 5 (advt.) The obvious remedy is, to provide a book which shall render it unnecessary to make a Lesson Word-Book of the Bible; and so arrange in it the Words which the Bible contains. 1867 W. H. Smyth (title) The sailor's word-book: an alphabetical digest of nautical terms. 1879 G. F. Jackson (title) Shropshire Word-Book: a Glossary of Archaic and Provincial Words, etc. used in the County. 1900 J. S. Farmer Public School Word-bk. p. v It would..seem almost necessary to emphasise that this Word-Book is not, per se, a dictionary of school slang. 1969 V. Nabokov Ada i. xi. 69 Uncle Dan..was trying to read, with the aid of one of those dwarf dictionaries for undemanding tourists..he sought and retrieved—from under the footstool—the vestpocket wordbook. 2001 S. Fatsis Word Freak ix. 132 He pulls a..word book off the shelf, one that groups words by length. 2. A book containing the words of a musical composition; a libretto. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > opera > [noun] > libretto testo1724 book1733 libretto1741 book of words1785 scena1788 wordbook1862 text1891 1862 Musical Times & Singing Class Circular 10 253/2 Choral Societies and others are informed that the word-books of this Oratorio are the sole copyright of their adapter. 1891 Guardian 23 Sept. 1531 Mr. Culwick's interesting summary of the word-book and its annotations. 1903 A. W. Patterson Schumann 179 He was particularly fastidious also in his choice of words for setting to music; witness the long and unfortunately fruitless correspondence with Pohl about a word-book for ‘Luther’. 2002 Musical Times Spring 22/1 For the Messiah arrangement, for example, the printed word book, a complete set of performing parts, the third part of Mozart's working score, and a later copy of the entire arrangement are all extant. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1598
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