Another Word A Day (inbunden)
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Format
Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
244
Utgivningsdatum
2005-11-01
Förlag
John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Illustrationer
Illustrations, black and white
Dimensioner
216 x 140 x 18 mm
Vikt
459 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9781620455432

Another Word A Day

An All-New Romp through Some of the Most Unusual and Intriguing Words in English

av Anu Garg
Inbunden,  Engelska, 2005-11-01
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A smorgasbord of surprising, obscure, and exotic wordsIn this delightful encore to the national bestseller A Word A Day, Anu Garg, the founder of the wildly popular A Word A Day Web site (wordsmith.org), presents an all-new collection of unusual, intriguing words and real-life anecdotes that will thrill writers, scholars, and word buffs everywhere. Another Word A Day celebrates the English language in all its quirkiness, grandeur, and fun, and features new chapters ranging from ""Words Formed Erroneously"" and ""Red-Herring Words"" to ""Kangaroo Words,"" ""Discover the Theme,"" and ""What Does That Company Name Mean?"" In them, you'll find a treasure trove of curious and compelling words, including agelast, dragoman, mittimus, nyctalopia, quacksalver, scission, tattersall, and zugzwang. Each entry includes a concise definition, etymology, and usage example, interspersed with illuminating quotations.Praise for a word a day""Anu Garg's many readers await their A Word A Day rations hungrily. Now at last here's a feast for them and other verbivores. Eat up!"" --Barbara Wallraff, Senior Editor at The Atlantic Monthly and author of Word Court""AWADies will be familiar with Anu Garg's refreshing approach to words: words are fun and they have fascinating histories."" --John Simpson, Chief Editor, Oxford English Dictionary
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