The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. 2000

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I am not so lost in lexicography as to forget that words are the daughters of earth, and that things are the sons of heaven.

-Preface to Dictionary (1755)

Samuel
Johnson

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language

Fourth Edition

Over 90,000 entries feature 10,000 new words and senses, 70,000 audio word pronunciations, 900 full-page color illustrations, language notes and word-root appendixes.

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CONTENTS

Bibliographic Record Entry Index Illustrations Pronunciation Key Articles Index Charts and Tables

BOSTON: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN, 2000
NEW YORK: literaryaccess.com, 2000

Entries with Notes
	Regional Notes
	Our Living Language Notes
	Synonym Notes
	Usage Notes
	Word History Notes

Indo-European Roots
	Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans Calvert Watkins
	Guide to Appendix I
	Indo-European Sound Correspondences
	Appendix I: Indo-European Roots

Semitic Roots
	Proto-Semitic Language and Culture John Huehnergard
	Guide to Appendix II
	Chart of the Semitic Family Tree
	Appendix II: Semitic Roots

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