Weird and Wonderful Words Hardback
by Erin (, Senior Editor, OUP North American Dictionary Program) McKean
Illustrated by Roz Chast
Hardback
Description
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.
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:144 pages, numerous cartoons
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:28/11/2002
- Category:
- ISBN:9780195159059
Information
-
Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:144 pages, numerous cartoons
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:28/11/2002
- Category:
- ISBN:9780195159059
