At once my ears were drowned by a flow of what I took to be Spanish, but -- the driver's white teeth flashing at me, the road wildly veering beyond his glistening hair, beyond his gesticulating bottle -- it could have been the purest Oxford English I was half hearing ; ;

Once his eyesight recovered sufficiently, he was able to study English literature at Balliol College, Oxford.

The Oxford English Dictionary traces the earliest use ( as " Androides ") to Ephraim Chambers ' Cyclopaedia, in reference to an automaton that St. Albertus Magnus allegedly created.

F. Rahman, Avicenna's Psychology: An English Translation of Kitab al-Najat, Book II, Chapter VI with Historical-philosophical Notes and Textual Improvements on the Cairo Edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1952.

The Oxford English Dictionary defines the older broad meanings of the term " artist ":

The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary.

Although the phrase " Arabic numeral " is frequently capitalized, it is sometimes written in lower case: for instance, in its entry in the Oxford English dictionary.

" " toxophilite, n ." Oxford English Dictionary.

It is referred to colloquially as " the Queen's English ", " Oxford English " and " BBC English ", although by no means all who live in Oxford speak with such accent and the BBC does not require or use it exclusively.

* Ansible from the Oxford English Dictionary

* 1928 – The 125th and final fascicle of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.

The Oxford English Dictionary traces the origin of the word bridge to an Old English word brycg, of the same meaning, derived from the hypothetical Proto-Germanic root brugjō.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word baroque is derived from the Portuguese word " barroco ", Spanish " barroco ", or French " baroque ", all of which refer to a " rough or imperfect pearl ", though whether it entered those languages via Latin, Arabic, or some other source is uncertain.

According to Tom McArthur in the Oxford Guide to World English, " For many people.

* The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium ( Oxford, 1991 ), 3 vols.

* The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium ( Oxford, 1991 ), 3 vols.

* Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, Oxford University Press, 1991.

* The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, Oxford University Press, 1991.

: Hart's Rules and the Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors call the British style " new " quoting.

* Page, Norman, ‘ Housman, Alfred Edward ( 1859 – 1936 )’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ( Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004 )

* The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium ( Oxford University Press, 1991 ) ISBN 0-19-504652-8

Though some deplore the name, arguing that it makes the industry look like a poor cousin to Hollywood, it has its own entry in the Oxford English Dictionary.

The Oxford English Dictionary, finding examples going back to 1961, defines the adjective born-again as:

The Grove Dictionary of Art will have none of this confusion, and says flatly: " Over the centuries the word has been applied to a wide variety of winding and twining vegetal decoration in art and meandering themes in music, but it properly applies only to Islamic art ", so contradicting the definition of 1888 still found in the Oxford English Dictionary: " A species of mural or surface decoration in colour or low relief, composed in flowing lines of branches, leaves, and scroll-work fancifully intertwined.

Applications to the highly selective universities of Oxford and Cambridge have an earlier deadline of October 15, in the year before the student wishes to start university ( The same also applies to Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Science applicants for all British universities ).

The Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art ( RLAHA ) is a laboratory at the University of Oxford, England which develops and applies scientific methods to the study of the past.

The Oxford Dictionaries website of Oxford University Press states " The rule only applies when the sound represented is ‘ ee ’, though.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the translation of the French term into " human creature " implies that the label " Christian " is a reminder of the humanity of the afflicted, in contrast to brute beasts.

The Oxford English dictionary cites a 1962 technical report as the first to use the term " data-base.

His lifelong patronage of writers, musicians and actors prompted his modern editor Stephen May to term Oxford ' a nobleman with extraordinary intellectual interests and commitments ', whose biography exhibits a ' lifelong devotion to learning '.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term ' frequentist ' was first used by M. G. Kendall in 1949, to contrast with Bayesians, whom he called " non-frequentists " ( he cites Harold Jeffreys ).

The earliest use of the term recorded in the Oxford English Dictionary dates from 1853.

The Oxford English Dictionary credits Robin Morgan with coining the term in her 1970 book, Sisterhood is Powerful.

Earliest known use of the term identified by the Oxford English Dictionary is 1747.

Loraine is cited by the Oxford English Dictionary for using the term " joystick " in his diary in 1909 when he went to Pau to learn to fly at Bleriot's school.

The Oxford English Dictionary defines the term " Kung-fu " as " a primarily unarmed Chinese martial art resembling karate.

The term " Lollard " refers to the followers of John Wycliffe, a prominent theologian who was dismissed from the University of Oxford in 1381 for criticism of the Church, especially his doctrine on the Eucharist.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary ( 1933 ) the term " carol " was first used in England for this type of circle dance accompanied by singing in manuscripts dating to as early as 1300.

The first occurrence in English of " ontology " as recorded by the OED ( Oxford English Dictionary, second edition, 1989 ) appears in Nathaniel Bailey's dictionary of 1721, which defines ontology as ' an Account of being in the Abstract ' - though, of course, such an entry indicates the term was already in use at the time.

The etymology of the Greek term is often given as oros " mountain " + the verb ganousthai " delight in ", but the Oxford English Dictionary notes it is quite likely a loanword from an unknown North African language.

Oxbridge is a portmanteau of the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, and the term is used to refer to them collectively, often with implications of perceived superior social status.

The term Loxbridge ( referring to London, Oxford, and Cambridge ) is sometimes seen, and was also adopted as the name of the Ancient History conference now known as AMPAH.

Since the 1920s, Oxford has been the most popular candidate among " anti-Stratfordians ," a collective term for adherents of the various alternative-authorship theories.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first figurative use of the term appeared in the 1902 edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica relating to an entry on the chemical analysis of glucose.

The bill allowed for fines for anyone who imported or traded in unlicensed or foreign books, required every book that would be given copyright protection to be entered into the Stationers ' Register, provided a legal deposit system centred around the King's Library, the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge, but said nothing about limiting the term of copyright.

The term is listed in the Oxford English Dictionary and Merriam-Webster's Dictionary.

The first recorded usage of the term in English, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, was made by John Wycliffe in 1380, where the form subarbis was used.

Ryder used the term again in an essay, " Experiments on Animals ," in Animals, Men and Morals ( 1971 ), a collection of essays on animal rights edited by three other members of the Oxford Group, philosophy graduate students Stanley and Roslind Godlovitch, and John Harris.

The Oxford English Dictionary states, however, that the term comes from the Latin word sambucus, meaning " elderberry ".

The Eagle and Child pub ( commonly known as the Bird and Baby or simply just the Bird ) in Oxford where the Inklings met informally on Tuesday mornings during term.