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Author : Josefa Heifetz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2002-07-31
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1567315542
Author : Josefa Heifetz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : English language
ISBN : OCLC:1036775141
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : English language
ISBN : 0586206000
Author : Josefa Heifetz
Publisher : Citadel Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015033332373
Since its first release, this unique dictionary has sold more than 80,000 copies. Now, Mrs. Byrne herself has added more terms to the reference, making it the most definitive dictionary of unusual and obscure terms ever. Thousands of the weirdest words in the English language are featured, each with a clear definition. "Will give great pleasure to many".--UPI.
Author : Josefa Heifetz
Publisher : Carol Publishing Corporation
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Reference
ISBN : UOM:39015026970304
Author : Josefa Heifetz Byrne,Robert Byrne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : English language
ISBN : 0806504986
Author : Christopher Foyle
Publisher : Larousse Kingfisher Chambers
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Reference
ISBN : UCSC:32106018839933
The word 'philavery' was invented to describe this book - a collection of words chosen simply on the grounds of their aesthetic appeal. Some of these words appeal because of their aptness, some for their obscurity, some for their euphony, and some for their quirkiness.
Author : Josefa Heifetz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : English language
ISBN : 0821602039
Author : Pip Williams
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781984820730
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • “Delightful . . . [a] captivating and slyly subversive fictional paean to the real women whose work on the Oxford English Dictionary went largely unheralded.”—The New York Times Book Review “A marvelous fiction about the power of language to elevate or repress.”—Geraldine Brooks, New York Times bestselling author of People of the Book Esme is born into a world of words. Motherless and irrepressibly curious, she spends her childhood in the Scriptorium, an Oxford garden shed in which her father and a team of dedicated lexicographers are collecting words for the very first Oxford English Dictionary. Young Esme’s place is beneath the sorting table, unseen and unheard. One day a slip of paper containing the word bondmaid flutters beneath the table. She rescues the slip and, learning that the word means “slave girl,” begins to collect other words that have been discarded or neglected by the dictionary men. As she grows up, Esme realizes that words and meanings relating to women’s and common folks’ experiences often go unrecorded. And so she begins in earnest to search out words for her own dictionary: the Dictionary of Lost Words. To do so she must leave the sheltered world of the university and venture out to meet the people whose words will fill those pages. Set during the height of the women’s suffrage movement and with the Great War looming, The Dictionary of Lost Words reveals a lost narrative, hidden between the lines of a history written by men. Inspired by actual events, author Pip Williams has delved into the archives of the Oxford English Dictionary to tell this highly original story. The Dictionary of Lost Words is a delightful, lyrical, and deeply thought-provoking celebration of words and the power of language to shape the world. WINNER OF THE AUSTRALIAN BOOK INDUSTRY AWARD
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : UOM:39015051610437
An encyclopedia designed especially to meet the needs of elementary, junior high, and senior high school students.
Author : Barbara Wallraff
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780061758706
Despite the many thousands of dictionary words at our disposal, our language can be dismayingly inadequate. How many times have you searched for a word that means just what you want it to but failed to find anything suitable anywhere? Most of us, it turns out, lead lives rife with experiences, people, and things that have no names. At least, they lacked names until now. Word Fugitives comes to the rescue, supplying hundreds of inspired words coined or redefined to meet everyday needs. For instance, wouldn't it be handy to have a word for the momentary confusion people experience when they hear a cell phone ringing and wonder whether it's theirs? (How about fauxcellarm, phonundrum, or pandephonium?) Or what about a word for offspring who are adults? (Try unchildren or offsprung.) Or a word for the irrational fear when you're throwing a party that no one will show up? (That might be guestlessness, empty-fest syndrome, or fete-alism.) This mind- and vocabulary-expanding book grew out -- way out -- of Barbara Wallraff's popular column in The Atlantic Monthly. Brimming with irresistible diversions and pop quizzes; illuminated by contributions and commentary from authors, linguists, and leading language authorities; and enlivened by pleas for help from people whose words have yet to be found, Word Fugitives will captivate and inspire anyone who ever struggles to describe the world that he or she, or they, or thon (thon? see page 141) lives in.
Author : Brian McCarthy,Bunny Williams
Publisher : ABRAMS
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781613128817
A lushly illustrated look inside the interior design firm that set the standard for America’s finest homes—serving the Astors, the Kennedys, and more. Starting in the 1960s, one name was synonymous with gorgeous interior design and luxurious, stylish home décor: Parish-Hadley Associates, who were commissioned by some of the most prominent families in the country, from the Kennedys to the Astors, Rockefellers, and Gettys. In this “must-have addition to your design library,” thirty interior designers relate in detail their personal experiences working at the firm, accompanied by images they have chosen of their own work, past and present, illustrating how their careers have been shaped by the industry-changing partnership between Sister Parish and Albert Hadley (Architectural Digest). “You can’t say ‘Parish-Hadley’ without tipping your cap toward the revered interior firm that’s inspired the design community since the ’60s. . . . Here, 30 renowned designers revisit lessons learned from the iconic duo. Take notes!” —USA Today
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0812410793
Author : Peter Bowler
Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Humor
ISBN : 087923556X
This book will teach you the practical riches of saying it well with good words, neglected words, precise words for vocabular exaltation.
Author : Josefa Heifetz Byrne
Publisher : Skyhorse
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1616086505
From aasvogel (the South African vulture) to knurry (full of knots), from melangeur (a machine for making chocolate syrup) to zumbooruk (a small cannon fired from the back of a camel), the words in this book are guaranteed to expand your vocabulary and confound your friends. They may be obscure and even preposterous, but every entry in this eye-opening book has been accepted as a formal or legitimate English word by at least one major dictionary. This dictionary does not claim or attempt to be complete. It is based completely on the editor’s sense of wonder and absurdity. It is educational, yes, but also more fun than any dictionary has a right to be!