Notice the primary definition of female ... capacity to bear young or produce eggs.” In Merriam-Webster’s tenth edition, the dictionary defines the noun female as “of, relating to ...

The American dictionary Merriam-Webster is to change its definition of the word racism after receiving an email from a young black woman. Kennedy Mitchum, a recent graduate of Drake University in ...

Another non-starter was his original definition of “cat ... bought the rights to the 1841 copy of Noah Webster’s An American Dictionary of the English Language, Corrected and Enlarged.

Merriam-Webster recently announced its latest slate of additions to the dictionary—some 200 new words and definitions that, as usual, are an eclectic blend of ones you probably assumed already ...

Kory Stamper, a lexicographer for Merriam-Webster and the author of "Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries," took four months to define the word "god." Following is a transcript of the video.

What is happiness? Japan’s constitution enshrines the right to its pursuit but does not define it – and who ever has, ...

If one accepts “a belief, custom, or behavior that is passed down from one generation to another, and has symbolic meaning or ...

Nope. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a sandwich as "two or more slices of bread or a split roll having a filling in between," but then goes on to include another definition ("one slice of ...

"Authentic" is the top word of 2023, according to America's oldest dictionary ... authentic' is hard to define and subject to debate," Merriam-Webster said. The publisher added that the popularity ...

The runner-ups were good but not good enough, as the word associated with pop singer Charli XCX and Kamala Harris is named ...

Need a little help understanding the Gen Alpha kids? You’re not alone, according to a new ranking of the most Googled slang ...

A house fire in Webster on Friday morning was caused by an overloaded power strip in an illegal marijuana grow room, according to State Fire Marshal Jon Davine’s office. Investigators found that ...