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JohnsonsDictionaryOnline.com is back online! The lookups work. It will be a little while longer before the "about" and "how to" pages are back. Thanks for your patience!
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Plu'nket. n.s. A kind of blue colour. Ainsworth. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com…
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To ADJURE. v.a. [adjuro, Lat.] To impose an oath upon another, prescribing the form in which he shall swear. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com…
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Dr Johnson's House@drjohnsonshouseOct 20
Dr Johnson's House is open Tuesday to Sunday, so whenever you find yourself in the city, make sure you come in and discover one of London's most remarkable historic homes. Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm Sunday 12pm - 4pm drjohnsonshouse.org/
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Expenseless. adj. [from expense.] Without cost. A physician may save any army by this frugal and expenseless means only. Milton on Education. What health promotes, and gives unenvy’d peace, Is all expenseless, and procur’d with ease. Blackmore. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com…
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Samuel Johnson’s A Dictionary of the English Language, published in 1755, was not the first dictionary of English words (that honor goes to a work published in 1604). But it was among the earliest... karenswallowprior.substack.c…
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Unshunnable. adj. Inevitable. ’Tis the plague of great ones, Prerogativ’d are they less than the base; ’Tis destiny unshunnable like death. Shakesp. Othello. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com…
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Bate begins by rejecting the Oxford English Dictionary’s cautious definition of a garden: ‘A piece of ground, usually enclosed, where flowers, fruit or vegetables are cultivated.’ He favours instead Samuel Johnson’s dictionary definition... spectator.com/article/when-b…

When botanists resembled a worldwide intelligence network

In The Garden Jonathan Bate leads us through 4,000 years of ‘green thought’, observing the interplay between literature, art and horticulture. Bate has long refused to be fenced in. His academic and...

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Superiour. n.s. One more excellent or dignified than another. Those under the great officers of state have more frequent opportunities for the exercise of benevolence than their superiours. Addison’s Spectator. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com…
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There are around 140 blue plaques in the City, commemorating notable people, buildings and structures, the oldest being writer Dr Samuel Johnson's. bbc.com/news/articles/cmqxnw…

City of London called on to give more blue plaques to women

A group of residents and businesses wants to see more women being honoured by the scheme.

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Trigon. n.s. [τρίγωνον.] A triangle. A term in astrology. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com…
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The centerpiece of the exhibit at the entrance is the large version of Samuel Johnson’s “A Dictionary of the English Language,” published in 1786... trinitonian.com/2026/10/07/j…

Jane Austen at 250: Trinity students curate literary history

Students in English professor Betsy Tontiplaphol’s Jane Austen seminar helped curate an exhibit of rare Austen editions in Elizabeth Huth Coates Library’s Special Collections & Archives. This was in...

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BIRTH-SONG, n. A song sung at the birth of a person. webstersdictionaryonline.com…
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REDOLENT. adj. [redolens, Lat.] Sweet of scent. Thy love excels the joys of wine; Thy odours, O how redolent! Sandys’s Paraphrase. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com…
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British Library Publishing@BL_PublishingSep 30
Elizabeth Drury has combed through Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language to compile a new dictionary of forgotten, curious, hilarious and – occasionally – quite useful words. Hotcockles and Twittletwattle is available now online and in-store. #samueljohnson
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Dr Johnson's House@drjohnsonshouseOct 13
LI'BRARY. n.s. [librarie, French.] A large collection of books, publick or private. drjohnsonshouse.org/visit
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Karen Swallow Prior (Notorious KSP)@KSPriorOct 10
Next week’s post in my series on Samuel Johnson will be on his Dictionary of the English Language. I had so much fun writing this one! Link below to get it free in your inbox:
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Dr Samuel Johnson has long been one of my favourite literary personalities. His wit, formidable conversation and gift for a memorable phrase make him wonderful company on the page, while his struggles and kindness give us much to admire ... susannahfullerton.com.au/por…
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Blazer. n.s. [from blaze.] One that spreads reports. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com…
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The man who single-handedly disciplined the English language could not walk past a post without touching it. oddlet.com/lovable-weirdos/t…

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary and the Posts He Had to Touch

He counted his paces at every doorway. He laid a hand on every post he passed. Miss one, and he walked back. This was Samuel Johnson, the man who fixed the meaning of forty thousand English words.

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Thick-sculled. adj. Dull; stupid. They’re pleas’d to hear their thick-scull’d judges cry, Well mov’d! oh finely said! Dryden... johnsonsdictionaryonline.com…
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