In Merriam-Webster’s tenth edition, the dictionary defines the noun female as “of, relating to, or being the sex that bears young or produces eggs.” The change in the online edition to ...

The shockwaves sent by the outcome of this year’s US presidential election can be felt in Merriam-Webster's Word ... “America’s Most Trusted Dictionary” highlights this division with ...

In 2003, Merriam-Webster kicked off the annual tradition of choosing a "word of the year," based on search volume on the dictionary publisher's website, which serves as an on-the-nose superlative ...

According to Merriam-Webster, for something to be considered a word it must: By that definition, here are the 3 longest words in the English dictionary. Follow Tech Insider: On Facebook More from ...

Kory Stamper, a lexicographer for Merriam-Webster and author of "Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries," told us that "irregardless" is a word in the dictionary, and how to use it correctly.

The new edition’s bombshell shift, which brought cheers from Society for Editing conference attendees, involved dictionaries — a switch from Webster’s New World Dictionary to Merriam-Webster.