Newly published in its twelfth edition in 1993, this widely known dictionary is for the first time available from Oxford University Press. Complete with over 125,000 entries, 65,000 etymologies, and over 6,000 citations from authors ranging from Dante to Montale, this comprehensive monolingual reference is designed as a companion to any large bilingual Italian dictionary. Its clear and accessible layout permits fuller descriptions of words than is possible in a bilingual making it ideal for anyone studying or working with the Italian language at an advanced level. Abbreviations and symbols, proverbs, proper names, and Italian place-names are dealt with in 58 pages of appendices, while such subjects as botanical and zoological classification, geological periods, and world currencies are covered in 12 special inserts. In addition to 31 thematic terminology lists, there are 4,300 illustrations of scientific and technical terms and generous coverage of synonyms, neologisms, and loanwords.