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    14 nov. 2018

    The Oxford Word of the Year 2018 is...

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  2. hace 37 minutos

    To paraphrase Robert Frost, there are questions to go before you sleep so, without further ado, can you match these 10 lines to the correct poems?

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  3. hace 6 horas

    The word 'poem' can refer to everything from the epic poetry of Homer to the imagist brilliance of William Carlos Williams, so on this let's find out what type of poem you are!

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  4. hace 11 horas

    You might be quoting poetry without even knowing it... An examination of some of our most common sayings unveils a hidden record of our literary history, passed down and repurposed for our modern times.

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  5. hace 15 horas

    Word of the Day: flexure

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  6. 20 mar.

    Did you know that the adjective 'happy' was originally used for someone who was lucky or 'favoured by good fortune'? Here's one from our blog archives all about the word 'happy' on this ☺️

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  7. 20 mar.

    Word of the Day: Jotun

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    19 mar.

    MacGyvered, peoplekind, Latin@, puggle... Welcome to the March update to the Oxford English Dictionary! More than 650 new words, phrases, and senses have been added to the dictionary in this quarter's update – find out all about the latest additions here:

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  9. 19 mar.

    Word of the Day: taurine

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  10. 18 mar.

    You’ve got to think outside of the box to solve ’s Letter Boxed! Use the letters to create a web of words – without getting entangled!

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  11. 18 mar.

    Old English might have 'English' right there in the name, but that doesn’t mean that it’s familiar to speakers of English today. The original spellings of some words are all but impossible to recognize and the connections between words can be hidden...

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  12. 18 mar.

    Word of the Day: doyen

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  13. 17 mar.

    Happy St. Patrick's Day to all! ☘️ Do you think you’ve got the luck o’ the Irish? Take our quiz to determine how well-versed you are in Gaelic etymologies...

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  14. 17 mar.

    Word of the Day: sump

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  15. 16 mar.

    Start your day with wordplay! Can you solve Letter Boxed in less than 6 words? Create words using letters around the square – and for an extra challenge, see if you can only use each letter once!

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  16. 16 mar.

    Are you a comic book fan as well as a language maven? Prove it with the OxfordWords comics quiz! 💥

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  17. 16 mar.

    Word of the Day: ironize

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  18. 15 mar.

    What are the Ides of March - and why should we beware? 🌕

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  19. 15 mar.

    Calling all crossword-cracking commuters! Can you solve Letter Boxed in less than 4 words? We’re excited to share a preview of Letter Boxed, the new daily word game from the makers of the , free for a limited time only!

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  20. 15 mar.

    Word of the Day: corporeity

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  21. 14 mar.

    Happy ! And welcome to the world of homonymy – a place where words have the same spelling and pronunciation, but different meanings and origins...

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