Partridge, Eric 1894-1979

Overview

Works:	728 works in 4,168 publications in 5 languages and 49,515 library holdings
Genres:	Dictionaries Terms and phrases Reference works Glossaries, vocabularies, etc History Criticism, interpretation, etc Bibliographies Controlled vocabularies Songs and music Music
Roles:	Author, Editor, Publishing director, Other, Creator, Author of introduction, Translator, Bibliographic antecedent, Commentator, Annotator, Contributor
Classifications:	PE3721, 427.09

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Eric Partridge

Eric Partridge in his own words by Eric Partridge( Book )
The long trail; what the British soldier sang and said in the Great War of 1914-18 by John Brophy( Book )
Frank Honywood, Private : a personal record of the 1914-1918 war by Eric Partridge( Book )
Words, words, words! by Eric Partridge( )
A journal of summer time in the country by Robert Aris Willmott( Book )

Commemorative; ... leaflet commemorating Eric Partridge's 70th birthday( Book )
The old and the new : Christmas and New Year greatings (1929-1930) on behalf of Eric Partridge Ltd. (the Scholartis Press) by Eric Partridge( Book )
Annus haud mirabilis = (A wonderful year? -- Well, hardly!) by Eric Partridge( Book )
[Werke, Ausz., engl.] Eric Partridge in his ownn words by Eric Partridge( Book )
A classical dictionary of the vulgar tongue by Captain Francis Grose edited with a biographical and critical sketch and an extensive commentary by Eric Partridge, M.A., B. Litt. (Oxon) by Scholartis Press( Book )
Ben Grauer papers by Ben Grauer( )
Eric Partridge collection by Eric Partridge( )
Commemorative : the following publishers have combined in the issue of this leaflet commemorating Eric Partridge's 70th birthday( Book )
Eric Partridge, a bibliographic study by Marian E Hughes( )
Raymond Dexter Havens papers by Raymond Dexter Havens( )
Greeting cards and commemorative pamphlet by Eric Partridge( )
Commemorative( Book )
Books by Eric Partridge( Book )
Jacques Barzun papers by Jacques Barzun( )
Horizon : a magazine of the arts( Book )

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Most widely held works by Eric Partridge

Usage and abusage : a guide to good English by Eric Partridge( Book )

302 editions published between 1942 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 3,063 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Usage and Abusage is a classic that has stood up well to the passage of time. But language does evolve over the years, and new problems (such as the use of "hopefully") and current topics (such as "sexism") have engendered a whole new vocabulary, which cannot be omitted from any book discussing the English of the 1990s. In this new edition, Janet Whitcut has revised Partridge's popular reference book to reflect the language of well-informed writers, readers, and speakers today. In addition, she has added a section to the book entitled Vogue Words, which includes words such as "crash" "symbiotic," and "viable" that have acquired a power and an influence beyond those that they originally possessed. Usage and Abusage wittily attacks linguistic abusage of all kinds and offers constructive advice on the proper use of English

A dictionary of slang and unconventional English : colloquialisms and catch-phrases, solecisms and catachreses, nicknames, vulgarisms, and such Americanisms as have been naturalized by Eric Partridge( Book )

167 editions published between 1937 and 1982 in English and Undetermined and held by 3,027 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

V. 1. The dictionary.--v. 2. The supplement

Origins; a short etymological dictionary of modern English by Eric Partridge( Book )

137 editions published between 1958 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 2,773 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This classic etymological dictionary provides information on the evolution and development of the 12,000 most commonly used words and sub-entries that bring the totla number to 20,000

A dictionary of catch phrases, British and American, from the sixteenth century to the present day by Eric Partridge( Book )

115 editions published between 1971 and 2000 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,583 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An abridged version of Eric Partridge's Dictionary of Catch Phrases, concentrating on those phrases in current use in the English-speaking world

Shakespeare's bawdy : a literary & psychological essay and a comprehensive glossary by Eric Partridge( Book )

103 editions published between 1947 and 1990 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,828 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This unusual and invaluable contribution to Shakespearean scholarship is a thorough examination of the "bawdy" in Shakespeare's works from the literary, psychological and lexicographical standpoints. Scholars and intelligent readers and interpreters of Shakespeare have always been aware of the large number of bawdy references throughout his plays and poems, but even they probably have not fully comprehended the wealth of hidden allusion and multiple meanings in many seemingly obvious passages

Slang to-day and yesterday, with a short historical sketch and vocabularies of English, American and Australian slang by Eric Partridge( Book )

81 editions published between 1933 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,746 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork

A dictionary of clichés : with an introductory essay by Eric Partridge( Book )

110 editions published between 1930 and 2000 in 3 languages and held by 1,421 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This work is full of things better left unsaid: hackneyed phrases, idioms battered into senselessness, infuriating Gallicisms, once-familiar quotations and tags from the ancient classics

A dictionary of slang and unconventional English : colloquialisms and catch-phrases, solecisms and catachreses, nicknames, and vulgarisms by Eric Partridge( Book )

34 editions published between 1937 and 1984 in English and held by 1,355 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

On t.p.: Colloquialisms and catchphrases, solecisms and catachreses, nicknames, and vulgarisms

A dictionary of the underworld : British & American, being the vocabularies of crooks, criminals, racketeers, beggars and tramps, convicts, the commercial underworld, the drug traffic, the white slave traffic, spivs by Eric Partridge( Book )

56 editions published between 1949 and 2015 in English and held by 1,193 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The new Partridge dictionary of slang and unconventional English by Eric Partridge( Book )

11 editions published between 2006 and 2013 in English and held by 1,166 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Terms of selection, with Partridge's original limitation to Great Britain now expanded to encompass the broader English-speaking world, partly in recognition of the growing importance of American slang. The only real departure from Partridge's broad use-based criteria for selection is a much diminished body of nicknames. Some work has been put into correcting Partridge's errors in dating, but detailed research was not possible for every entry. Finally, having noted in their introduction

Shakespeare's bawdy by Eric Partridge( Book )

71 editions published between 1947 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 966 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This classic of Shakespeare scholarship begins with a masterly introductory essay analysing and exemplifying the various categories of sexual and non-sexual bawdy expressions and allusions in Shakespeare's plays and sonnets. The main body of the work consists of an alphabetical glossary of all words and phrases used in a sexual or scatological sense, with full explanations and cross-references

British and American English since 1900 by Eric Partridge( Book )

37 editions published between 1951 and 1975 in English and held by 940 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A concise dictionary of slang and unconventional English : from a Dictionary of slang and unconventional English by Eric Partridge by Eric Partridge( Book )

25 editions published between 1989 and 1999 in English and held by 853 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

On t.p.: From a Dictionary of slang and unconventional English by Eric Partridge. Includes 1500 new slang expressions

A charm of words; essays and papers on language by Eric Partridge( Book )

25 editions published between 1960 and 1972 in English and held by 804 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The world of words; an introduction to language in general and to English and American in particular by Eric Partridge( Book )

69 editions published between 1938 and 2016 in English and held by 777 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

First published in 1939, this book provides a brief but comprehensive view of language in general, and of English and American language in particular. It is suitable for beginners and those who wish to learn about the basics of linguistics

You have a point there; a guide to punctuation and its allies by Eric Partridge( Book )

66 editions published between 1953 and 2016 in English and held by 714 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This standard work on punctuation has long been judged the foremost study of the subject. It reveals punctuation to be both an indispensable craft and an invaluable art - a friend not an enemy

The gentle art of lexicography as pursued and experienced by an addict by Eric Partridge( Book )

20 editions published between 1901 and 2015 in English and held by 669 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The concise new Partridge dictionary of slang and unconventional English by Eric Partridge( Book )

16 editions published between 2007 and 2020 in English and held by 637 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Enumerates slang words, provides quotations both to illustrate use and to date origins, cites other authorities, and applies usage labels. Included are slang and cant, colloquialisms, solecisms, catchphrases, nicknames, and vulgarisms

The concise Usage and abusage; a modern guide to good English by Eric Partridge( Book )

40 editions published between 1954 and 1969 in English and held by 626 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Here, there, and everywhere; essays upon language by Eric Partridge( Book )

27 editions published between 1950 and 1969 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 612 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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