Oxford English Etymology
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About Oxford English Etymology
Based on the Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology, the principal authority on the origin and development of English words, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology contains a wealth of information about the English language and its history.
Find out where the words bungalow and assassin came from, what nice meant in the Middle Ages and much more. Now with the addition of a convenient Home page, a sleeker and more intuitive visual layout, as well as innovations in the speed of searches you can delve right in faster and easier than ever!
Also includes advanced search and language tools that have become the staple of quality language apps from MobiSystems, Inc.
SEARCH TOOLS - effortlessly find words thanks to a clear, functional, and easy-to-use interface.
Intelligent search integrates several tools to match or suggest what you are looking for:
• Search autocomplete helps find words quickly by displaying predictions as you type
• Keyword lookup allows you to search within compound words and phrases
• An automatic ‘Fuzzy filter’ to correct word spelling, as well as ‘Wild card’ ('*' or '?') to replace a letter or entire parts of a word
• Camera search looks up words in the camera viewfinder and displays results
• Use our Voice search when you don't know how an entry is spelled
• Share word definitions via installed apps on your device
• Swipe-to-delete functionality in the Recent and Favorites menus.
LEARNING TOOLS - engaging features that help you further enhance your vocabulary.
• ‘Favorites’ feature to create custom folders with lists of words from the extensive library
• ‘Recent’ list to easily review looked-up words
• ‘Word of the day’ section to expand your vocabulary daily
• Home screen widget provides random words at a glance
• Split screen support for Android 7 allowing you to use dictionary together with other apps
***This is a fully functional 30-day trial version***
Get MORE by purchasing the full version of the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology:
• Permanently unlock the complete features list
• Offline mode - look up words without an internet connection
• Premium Support – Get expedited support for any app-related issues
• Ad-free
Find out where the words bungalow and assassin came from, what nice meant in the Middle Ages and much more. Now with the addition of a convenient Home page, a sleeker and more intuitive visual layout, as well as innovations in the speed of searches you can delve right in faster and easier than ever!
Also includes advanced search and language tools that have become the staple of quality language apps from MobiSystems, Inc.
SEARCH TOOLS - effortlessly find words thanks to a clear, functional, and easy-to-use interface.
Intelligent search integrates several tools to match or suggest what you are looking for:
• Search autocomplete helps find words quickly by displaying predictions as you type
• Keyword lookup allows you to search within compound words and phrases
• An automatic ‘Fuzzy filter’ to correct word spelling, as well as ‘Wild card’ ('*' or '?') to replace a letter or entire parts of a word
• Camera search looks up words in the camera viewfinder and displays results
• Use our Voice search when you don't know how an entry is spelled
• Share word definitions via installed apps on your device
• Swipe-to-delete functionality in the Recent and Favorites menus.
LEARNING TOOLS - engaging features that help you further enhance your vocabulary.
• ‘Favorites’ feature to create custom folders with lists of words from the extensive library
• ‘Recent’ list to easily review looked-up words
• ‘Word of the day’ section to expand your vocabulary daily
• Home screen widget provides random words at a glance
• Split screen support for Android 7 allowing you to use dictionary together with other apps
***This is a fully functional 30-day trial version***
Get MORE by purchasing the full version of the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology:
• Permanently unlock the complete features list
• Offline mode - look up words without an internet connection
• Premium Support – Get expedited support for any app-related issues
• Ad-free
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What's Changed
• Complete visual overhaul
• Significantly improved search speed
• New Home view for quick access to the most frequently used functions
• Now Swipe to delete entries from the Favorites and Recent menus
• Ability to recover deleted entries in the Favorites and Recent menus with the new Undo button.
• Favorites now has a "Sort by" function.
• Bug fixes
• Complete visual overhaul
• Significantly improved search speed
• New Home view for quick access to the most frequently used functions
• Now Swipe to delete entries from the Favorites and Recent menus
• Ability to recover deleted entries in the Favorites and Recent menus with the new Undo button.
• Favorites now has a "Sort by" function.
• Bug fixes
Version update Oxford English Etymology was updated to version 8.0.232
Version update Oxford English Etymology was updated to version 5.1.068
More downloads Oxford English Etymology reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
Name changed Name changed! Oxford English Etymology Tr now is known as Oxford English Etymology.
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Too many pop-ups - too much distraction from pop-ups to purchase other apps. Annoying!
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The formatting of the definitions is a bit clustered. An absurd amount of ads when exploring.
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Internet needed
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Research Made Easy
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Sucks, loaded with ads and only 30 day trial, leaves junk files after uninstal, even got spelling mistakes, for a frikin dictionary this ap sucks avoid it like aids
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Not much more help than a free dictionary app that has way fewer adds
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Works again. Should really be a offline app tho
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Too many ads. Not enough information.
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The entries are truncated, without commentary or explanation. I suppose that could be considered a virtue, but at least there should be a link to fuller entries if more information is desired. I was also somewhat annoyed that the "buy it" page comes up right away without a clear intuitive indication of how to close it and get on with giving the application a trial run. I felt forced to buy first and then hope for a refund if I didn't like it. I knew right away that this app did not meet my needs.
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Why is access to photos and other private details nessesary to use this app??? You guys are sick in the head.
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Waste my money! Etymology online is better.
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It is disingenuous to list your app as free and then charge $10 for its use. I might be willing to pay that, but not if you deliberately mislead me.
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Not well organised. Don't feel I wanna read it. There are better apps for the same.
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Poor listings
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Free to download. Not free to use.
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Information not that helpful. No historical context to assist in teaching.
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When we know what a word means and where it comes from then we then better use that Divine gift to humans called language
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Soo cool
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Not many words
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It offers you an upgrade to purchase and if you close that, the app closes. So it is a total waste of time and data to download.