Weird and Wonderful Words
Inbunden bok. Oxford University Press. First edition uppl. 2002. 132 sidor.
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Weird and Wonderful Words
Erin McKean (Editor)
Observera att denna bok är på engelska! Please note that this book is in English.
The book is a new hardcover with dustjacket, unread and in perfect condition.
First edition
Published by Oxford University Press in 2002. Illustrations by Roy Chast. Foreword by Simon Winchester.
ISBN 9780195159059
Weird and Wonderful Words is a potpourri, 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 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.
Format ca: 21,5x14,5x1,5 cm. 132 pages.
Förlagsfakta
- ISBN
- 9780195159059
- Titel
- Weird and wonderful words
- Författare
- McKean, Erin - Chast, Roz
- Förlag
- New York : Oxford Univ. Press
- Utgivningsår
- 2002
- Språk
- English