Noah Webster, lexicographer and
educator, died on this day in 1843. His An American Dictionary of the English
Language was one of the first dictionaries published, and survives today as
the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
“Dead,
adj.:
Done with the work of breathing; done
With
all the world; the mad race run
Though to the end; the golden goal
Attained and found to be a hole!” -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary.
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