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Your account, though a bit dramatic, is true, Freddie
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The Professor and the Madman

Your account, though a bitdramatic, is true, Freddie

Your account, though a bit
dramatic, is true, Freddie

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Your account, though a bit dramatic, is true, Freddie.
Duration
5 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:09:16
Uploaded
Jun 10, 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 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.
If I am to fashion a book, I'll need a spine. - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
If I am to fashion a book, I'll need a spine.
Are we going somewhere? - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
Are we going somewhere?
Yes, but his book comprised of only a mere handful of words. - The Professor and the Madman 00:06
Yes, but his book comprised of only a mere handful of words.
I am charged with identifying and defining every last word! - The Professor and the Madman 00:07
I am charged with identifying and defining every last word!
My dictionary will need as many volumes as these... - The Professor and the Madman 00:06
My dictionary will need as many volumes as these...