Definition of
O.e.d.
- (noun, communication) an unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles
via WordNet, Princeton University
via WordNet, Princeton University
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an elegant style of prose of the Elizabethan period; characterized by balance and antithesis and alliteration and extended similes with and allusions to nature and mythology