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And we, with our debates ad nauseam about the scope
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The Professor and the Madman

And we, with our debates adnauseam about the scope

And we, with our debates ad
nauseam about the scope

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And we, with our debates ad nauseam about the scope...
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4 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:08:39
Uploaded
Jun 12, 2025
Genres
biography, drama, history
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Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid-19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William M...
But thrown ourselves down in supplication before it... - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
But thrown ourselves down in supplication before it...
Bathed in abject defeat. - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
Bathed in abject defeat.
I submit that the extraordinary, the unconventional... - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
I submit that the extraordinary, the unconventional...
Mr. Murray is the solution and our salvation. - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
Mr. Murray is the solution and our salvation.
Your account, though a bit dramatic, is true, Freddie. - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
Your account, though a bit dramatic, is true, Freddie.
But we need something more than impassioned advocacy. - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
But we need something more than impassioned advocacy.
Qualifications come to mind. Perhaps a Bachelor's Degree. - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
Qualifications come to mind. Perhaps a Bachelor's Degre...
Qualifications yes - The Professor and the Madman 00:51
Qualifications yes
Of the Romance tongues, Italian, French, Spanish... - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
Of the Romance tongues, Italian, French, Spanish...
Mr. Murray, a word comes to mind... clever. - The Professor and the Madman 00:06
Mr. Murray, a word comes to mind... clever.
Can you define it and tell us its history? - The Professor and the Madman 00:07
Can you define it and tell us its history?
I'll make a fist of it, on the hoof, as it were. - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
I'll make a fist of it, on the hoof, as it were.
Clever: adjective. Meaning - adroit, nimble, dextrous. - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
Clever: adjective. Meaning - adroit, nimble, dextrous.
With a "k", meaning sprightly or smart. - The Professor and the Madman 00:07
With a "k", meaning sprightly or smart.
Mr. Murray is also a master of the Scottish clog dance. - The Professor and the Madman 00:07
Mr. Murray is also a master of the Scottish clog dance.
It's all mine, Ada, the entire language. - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
It's all mine, Ada, the entire language.
But it's so sudden. - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
But it's so sudden.
Is it truly what you wish for all of us? - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
Is it truly what you wish for all of us?
Ada, I'm an untutored linen draper's boy from Teviotdale... - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
Ada, I'm an untutored linen draper's boy from Tevi...
Now, suddenly, with a real crack at it. - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
Now, suddenly, with a real crack at it.