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Another Word a Day: An All-New Romp Through Some of the Most Unusual and Intriguing Words in English

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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Anu GargPublish date:10/1/2005Pages:244
Language:EnglishPublisher:Trade Paper PressISBN-13:9781620455432ISBN-10:1620455439UPC:9781620455432Book Category:Reference, Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Word Lists, Communication Studies, Alphabets & Writing SystemsSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.69 inchesWeight:1.0119Product ID:SC0VSW4JWE
A smorgasbord of surprising, obscure, and exotic words

In 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

Language:EnglishPublisher:Trade Paper PressISBN-13:9781620455432ISBN-10:1620455439UPC:9781620455432Book Category:Reference, Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Word Lists, Communication Studies, Alphabets & Writing SystemsSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.69 inchesWeight:1.0119Product ID:SC0VSW4JWE
Publisher: Trade Paper Press

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