Publication of the Pali-English Dictionary was completed in 1925, so the last
fascicles are nearly 70 years old, while the earlier fascicles are more than 70 years old. At
the time of its publication it represented the summit of philological achievement in the
field of Pāli studies, but even so it contained numerous errors, as well as misleading
statements of the sort I have just mentioned. Since 1925 editions of many hitherto
unpublished Pāli texts have appeared, so that it is woefully incomplete, while better
editions of many of the texts which are referred to in it have been published, so that many
corrections of forms and meanings are needed. The Pali Text Society is fully aware of
this, and a revised version of the Pali-English Dictionary, to be called the New PEli-English
Dictionary, is in preparation.