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proper noun OED · the OED

abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Oxford English Dictionary While the OED itself does not feature these definitions, they do appear in other reference books produced by the publisher, as well as online dictionary Lexico, which takes its content from OUP dictionaries.

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@misc{oed_2026,
  title = {OED},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/oed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}