People often introduce a definition of a word by saying, “Webster says . . . “ The truth is, Noah Webster himself — the founder of American lexicography, or dictionary-making — hasn’t actually “said” ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The announcement came in 1800 in the back of a Connecticut newspaper just above a farmer's reward for a stray cow. A man named Noah Webster was proposing the first comprehensive ...

SPRINGFIELD — Book \ buk \ n: a set of written, printed, or blank sheets bound together between a front and back cover. Dictionary maker Merriam-Webster isn’t adding the notation “archaic” to that ...

Merriam-Webster announced Thursday it has taken the rare step of fully revising and reimagining one of its most popular dictionaries with a fresh edition that adds over 5,000 new words, including ...

However, the definition for "irregardless" has been included in Merriam-Webster's Unabridged edition since 1934. In early July 2020, social media users asked Snopes.com to verify whether it was true ...

The Merriam-Webster dictionary added 455 new words to its collection in October 2021. These included words that emerged from online communication, which has only increased amidst the COVID-19 pandemic ...