Weird and Wonderful Words

Name: Weird and Wonderful Words
Brand: Oxford University Press
SKU: 0195159055
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ISBN: 9780195159059

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24 Oct, 2002

Weird and Wonderful Words is a pot-pourri, a gallimaufry, a salmagundi, a treasure trove of colourful, quirky, and unusual words. Containing hundreds of de ...

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ISBN-10:

0195159055

ISBN-13:

9780195159059

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Dimensions

8.68 X 5.48 X 0.66 inches

Language

English

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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.

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ISBN-10

:0195159055

ISBN-13

:9780195159059

Publisher

:Oxford University Press

Publication date

: 24 Oct, 2002

About the Author

Erin McKean is the Senior Editor for the Oxford University Press North American Dictionary Program and the Editor of Verbatim magazine.
Roz Chast is a staff cartoonist for The New Yorker and the author of more than five books of cartoons.

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