The OED's "e/Enlilghtenment, sense 2

Jesse Sheidlower jester at PANIX.COM
Thu Sep 9 15:48:00 UTC 2010


On Thu, Sep 09, 2010 at 11:43:28AM -0400, Joel S. Berson wrote:
> Jesse,
>
> Do the editors still maintain just the single
> definition of "Enlightenment" with a capital E of
> the 1933 and 1989 editions?  Namely (quoting 1989):

No, this entry is in the process of being totally overhauled.
I don't yet know when the revised entry will appear.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED

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