#598 Dictionary

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language is one of the most famous dictionaries in ___ . First published in 1755, the dictionary took just over eight years to compile, ___ six helpers and listed 40,000 words. Each word was defined in ___ , the definitions illustrated with quotations ___ every branch of learning. It was a huge scholarly ___ , a more extensive and complex dictionary than any of its predecessors – the comparable French Dictionnaire had taken 55 years to compile and required the dedication of 40 scholars.