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Classical in form, cool, earnest and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- J. A. Simpson
- First published
- 1989
- Pages
- 31
- Publisher
- New York, Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford University Press
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780198611868
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About J. A. Simpson · 1953
Chief Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary for 20 years until 2013, and author of memoir about time at OED called The Word Detective
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