Partridge, Eric

Partridge, Eric

▪ British lexicographer
in full  Eric Honeywood Partridge  
born Feb. 6, 1894, Waimata Valley, Gisborne, N.Z.
died June 1, 1979, Moretonhampstead, Devon, Eng.

      New Zealand-born English lexicographer, best known for his A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (1937).

      Partridge served with the Australian Infantry in World War I and with the Royal Air Force in World War II. He was a fellow at the University of Oxford (1921–23), lectured at English universities, and then ventured into publishing with his Scholartis Press (1927–31). Thereafter, he was a freelance lexicographer and author. Usage and Abusage (1942), Shakespeare's Bawdy (1947), Origins: An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English (1958; 4th ed., 1966), and A Dictionary of Catch Phrases (1977) were among his scholarly and lively books.

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