Word Meaning in the Preface to A Dictionary of the English Language

Question 1

What was revolutionary about Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary of the English Language?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

It was the first English dictionary to use quotations from literature to illustrate word usage and development.

Question 2

“toil”“attracted”✔ “disgraced”

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ “disgraced”

Question 3

✔ failure victory X uncertainty

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ failure

Question 4

✔ positive X negative neutral

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ positive

Question 5

to waste frivolously ✔ to spend pleasurably to work cautiously

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ to spend pleasurably

Question 6

Which part of this dictionary entry would not have been included in English dictionaries published before Johnson’s Dictionary of the English Language?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

the quotation from literature

Word Meaning in the Preface to A Dictionary of the English Language Answers

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