Edited by | William Dwight Whitney Benjamin Eli Smith |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Publisher | The Century Company |
Published | 1889–1891 (first edition, volumes 1–6) 1895 (volumes 1–10) 1906 (volumes 1–12) |
No. of books | 12 |
Followed by | The New Century Dictionary |
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia is one of the largest encyclopedic dictionaries of the English language. It was compared favorably with the Oxford English Dictionary, and frequently consulted for more factual information than would normally be the case for a dictionary.