Jonathan Swift, Jonathan Swift's Word-book (ca. 1690 - ca. 1710)
Date
1690ca.
1710ca.
Lexicographer
Book title
[untitled]
Transcription source
"An Explanation of Difficult English Words" [from a later, now-lost copy described by Sir Walter Scot]
Text type
manuscript
Genre
Hard-word, term-of-art, and dialect dictionaries, glossaries, and definitions
Summary
A vocabulary that Swift prepared over some years for Esther Johnson, in whose hand the surviving copy is.
Language
headwords: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
Incipit
Abbreviation. a shortening.
Extent
76
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: headword
number: 1947
sample: Procacity. an Aptness, Inclination, or Disposition to any thing.
number: 1947
sample: Procacity. an Aptness, Inclination, or Disposition to any thing.
Other editions
A microfilm copy of the manuscript is reported to be in the British Library.
Modern editions
Swift, Jonathan. Jonathan Swift's Word-Book: A Vocabulary Compiled for Esther Johnson and Copied in Her Own Hand. Eds. A. C. Elias Jr., John Irwin Fischer, and Panthea Reid. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 2017.
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