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minus-squarereddig33linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month agoI wonder if the Oxford or Cambridge dictionary actually ever removes words? I mean, if you were doing research and looking at text written in old English, when you want to be able to look up a word that was no longer in use?
minus-squareRhaedas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoMaybe they don’t, and just label them archaic. It’s not like they have a maximum word limit.
I wonder if the Oxford or Cambridge dictionary actually ever removes words? I mean, if you were doing research and looking at text written in old English, when you want to be able to look up a word that was no longer in use?
Maybe, like, an old dictionary.
Maybe they don’t, and just label them archaic. It’s not like they have a maximum word limit.