The meaning of everything the story of the oxford english dictionary item preview remove circle share or embed this item embed embed for wordpresscom hosted blogs and archiveorg item description tags want more advanced embedding details examples and help no favorite share flag flag this item for graphic violence graphic sexual content texts the meaning of everything . The meaning of everything by simon winchester is the story of the creation of the oxford english dictionary and what a pleasingly fascinating story it turns out to be i happened to find this book in a second hand bookshop in oxford appropriately enough having watched the film the professor and the madman a few weeks before. The meaning of everything the story of the oxford english dictionary is a 2003 book by simon winchester it concerns the creation of the oxford english dictionary under the editorship of james murray and others one aspect of which winchester had previously written about in 1998 in the surgeon of crowthorne a tale of murder madness and the love of words . The meaning of everything the story of the oxford english dictionary item preview remove circle share or embed this item embed embed for wordpresscom hosted blogs and archiveorg item description tags want more advanced embedding details examples and help no favorite share flag flag this item for graphic violence graphic sexual content texts the meaning of everything