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Weird and Wonderful Words by Erin McKean (2002, Hardcover)

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Weird and Wonderful Words is a pot-pourri, a gallimaufry, a salmagundi, a treasure trove of colourful, quirky, and unusual words. Containing hundreds of definitions written in a clear and conversational style and full-page illustrations which offer a whimsical and hilarious view of our glorious language. Amuse yourself and entertain your friends with your knowledge of who a snollygoster or a Funambulist may be, what a humdudgeon or a nubbingcheat was, or why you might want to engage in catopromancy. Appendices include a bibliography of Oxford's dictionaries and a guide to creating your own unusual words correctly from Greek and Latin roots. The perfect stocking filler and gift book, Weird and Wonderful Words is sure to be a favourite of logophiles (word lovers) everywhere.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0195159055
ISBN-13
9780195159059
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2319791

Product Key Features

Author
Erin Mckean
Publication Name
Weird and Wonderful Words
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2002
Type
Not Available
Number of Pages
144 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.7in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
11.9 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
P305
Reviews
'this is a book that will enhance both your logodaedaly and your eutrapely. For all its nidgery appearance, it merits not a suirk but a place on the pluteus of your sitooterie'Daily Express, 'this is a book that will enhance both your logodaedaly and youreutrapely. For all its nidgery appearance, it merits not a suirk but a place onthe pluteus of your sitooterie'Daily Express, "Interesting."--School Library Journal "It will undoubtably answer the occasional reference question as well as entertain."--ExLibris "A treasury of colorful and unusual words."--Forecast "A whimsical lexicographical petting zoo."--Copyeditor "Delightful."--Hartford Courant "This book is as wonderful as the weird words in it....Funambulists, seplasiaries, and word lovers everywhere surely will want thisbook."--Library Journal
Illustrated by
Chast, Roz
Copyright Date
2002
Topic
Vocabulary, General, Curiosities & Wonders
Lccn
2003-268393
Dewey Decimal
423.1
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Référence, Language Arts & Disciplines

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