Osbern of Gloucester
English Benedictine lexicographical writer
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| Intro | English Benedictine lexicographical writer | |
| A.K.A. | Osbern Pinnock | |
| A.K.A. | Osbern Pinnock | |
| Places | United Kingdom Great Britain England | |
| was | Lexicographer Linguist | |
| Work field | Literature Social science | |
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| Birth | 1123 | |
| Death | 1200 (aged 77 years) |
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Osbern Pinnock of Gloucester (1123–1200) was an English Benedictine monk of St Peter's Abbey, Gloucester, and a lexicographical writer.
His Panormia, or Derivationes (Liber Derivationum), was a Latin word list compiled from about 1150 to 1180. It contained elements of both the glossary of rarer words, and derivations (based on etymology) and so was innovative; but at this stage the two aspects were kept separate. This work was printed by Angelo Mai in 1836 as Thesaurus novus latinitatis; its authorship is a later attribution of Wilhelm Meyer. It was widely circulated, and influenced later work of Huguccio.