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Endangered English Dictionary: Bodacious Words Your Dictionary Forgot

Endangered English Dictionary: Bodacious Words Your Dictionary Forgot - Paperback

by David Grambs
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Availability:In StockContributor:David GrambsPublish date:1997-08-01Pages:280
Language:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393316063ISBN-10:393316068UPC:9780393316063Book Category:Reference, Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:DictionariesSize:8.26 x 5.50 x 0.68 inchesWeight:0.571Product ID:SC7C1YYVZ3

We often hear about the richness of the English language, how many more words it contains than French or German. And yet modern desk dictionaries are the result of a paring away of that glory, so that merely standard, functional, current words remain. The price we pay for such convenience is the thousands of delightful words we never see or hear.

This book is an effort to save some of those words applicable to everyday life and countless word games from extinction. The resultant treasure trove of exotic verbal creatures is an indispensable resource for every lover of language.

A selection:

  • egrutten: having a face swollen from weeping
  • numquid: an inquisitive person
  • sardoodledum: drama that is contrived, stagy, or unrealistic
  • mimp: to purse one's lips
Language:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393316063ISBN-10:393316068UPC:9780393316063Book Category:Reference, Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:DictionariesSize:8.26 x 5.50 x 0.68 inchesWeight:0.571Product ID:SC7C1YYVZ3
Grambs, David: - David Grambs has worked as a lexicographer, editor, travel reporter, and translator. He is the author of five other books pertaining to the English language, including The Endangered English Dictionary, and is coauthor of So You Think You Can Spell? with Ellen S. Levine.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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