[Ads-l] Antedating of "Neologism"

[Shapiro, Fred]

neologism (OED 1772)

1754 Thomas Dyche Nouveau Dictionnaire Universel des Arts et des Sciences, Francois, Latin et Anglois 117 (Google Books)

NEOLOGISME ... ang. neologism.

NOTE: There should be a diacritic mark over the first E in NEOLOGISME, and one under the c in Francois.

Fred Shapiro







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