The Dictionary Of Difficult And Unusual Words

Author : Skyhorse Publishing,Diagram Group
Publisher : Skyhorse
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-03
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1510765719

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The Dictionary of Difficult and Unusual Words by Skyhorse Publishing,Diagram Group Pdf

Broken down by category, this comprehensive reference is the go-to guide for readers and writers who want to expand their knowledge of language. This unique reference book strives to define words and phrases that the average person often encounters but which may not be immediately familiar. Batten, kiosk, proctor, coup de grace, alliteration, parsec, corona, renal, joystick, decant, citadel. Broken down into over fifty categories—from cultural essentials like art, history, and sports to modern obsessions like text messaging and hip hop slang—this book is a word lover's dream and a useful handbook for any student. It covers theatre. It even has a section of foreign words commonly used in English. Expand your vocabulary. Improve your writing. Broaden your horizons!

Author : Jane Solomon
Publisher : Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-02
Category : English language
ISBN : 9781786038104

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The Dictionary of Difficult Words by Jane Solomon Pdf

​What is a bumbershoot? Or a moonbow? And what does it mean when someone absquatulates...? Find out all this and more in The Dictionary of Difficult Words. Test your knowledge with more than 400 words to amaze, confuse, and inspire budding wordsmiths (and adults). All of the words featured in this book are difficult to spell, hard to say, and their meanings are obscure to most children (and most adults)! Written with simple, easy-to-understand definitions by lexicographer Jane Solomon, this dictionary celebrates the beauty of the English language for family trivia time spent around the printed page.

Author : Josefa Heifetz Byrne
Publisher : Skyhorse
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1616086505

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The Indispensable Dictionary of Unusual Words by Josefa Heifetz Byrne Pdf

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!

Author : John Ayto
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:612007592

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Hutchinson Dictionary of Difficult Words by John Ayto Pdf

An A-Z index of difficult words, nearly 14,000 in all. A keyword search engine is also provided. Use this site as a vocabulary builder or for quick definitions of unusual words.

Author : John Koenig
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-16
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781501153662

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The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “It’s undeniably thrilling to find words for our strangest feelings…Koenig casts light into lonely corners of human experience…An enchanting book. “ —The Washington Post A truly original book in every sense of the word, The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows poetically defines emotions that we all feel but don’t have the words to express—until now. Have you ever wondered about the lives of each person you pass on the street, realizing that everyone is the main character in their own story, each living a life as vivid and complex as your own? That feeling has a name: “sonder.” Or maybe you’ve watched a thunderstorm roll in and felt a primal hunger for disaster, hoping it would shake up your life. That’s called “lachesism.” Or you were looking through old photos and felt a pang of nostalgia for a time you’ve never actually experienced. That’s “anemoia.” If you’ve never heard of these terms before, that’s because they didn’t exist until John Koenig set out to fill the gaps in our language of emotion. The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows “creates beautiful new words that we need but do not yet have,” says John Green, bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars. By turns poignant, relatable, and mind-bending, the definitions include whimsical etymologies drawn from languages around the world, interspersed with otherworldly collages and lyrical essays that explore forgotten corners of the human condition—from “astrophe,” the longing to explore beyond the planet Earth, to “zenosyne,” the sense that time keeps getting faster. The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows is for anyone who enjoys a shift in perspective, pondering the ineffable feelings that make up our lives. With a gorgeous package and beautiful illustrations throughout, this is the perfect gift for creatives, word nerds, and human beings everywhere.

Author : Michael Gates
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0615738184

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The Word I'm Thinking Of by Michael Gates Pdf

Absquatulate. Flumadiddle. Gongoozler. Squintifego. If you love words, you know the strange byways of memory or reverie that stumbling across a certain word or phrase will take you down, especially if it's one you're discovering and finding the meaning of for the first time. Chances are, you have never encountered words as unusual as those collected in this 170-page book. You'll find definitions and parts of speech for each entry. And for each word, the author has also included a quotation to show how the word can be used in context. His hope is that this book will spark interest in these ostrobogulous words and that you will use them in your daily conversations--perhaps as a humorous social-science experiment to see what kinds of reactions you receive. Amaze your friends with your selcouth vocabulary and indulge your inner logophile!

Author : Irwin M. Berent,Rod L. Evans
Publisher : Berkley
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Humor
ISBN : 0425156060

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The Dictionary of Highly Unusual Words by Irwin M. Berent,Rod L. Evans Pdf

A guide for both language lovers and trivia buffs provides a treasury of palindromes, anagrams, strange word origins, and surprising definitions that give insight into the top ten worst-sounding words in the English language and more. Original.

Author : Archie Hobson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780195173284

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The Oxford Dictionary of Difficult Words by Archie Hobson Pdf

"Features more than 10,000 entries that focus exclusively on words that, while outside most people's working vocabulary, are often encountered in literature, in technical writings such as computing or medical terminology, and in such diverse subject areas as law, philosophy, and art. Special attention is given to easily confused or closely related words. Usage notes are provided to ensure that readers know how to integrate these words into their vocabularies for more precision and power in speech and writing."--Back cover.

Author : David K. Barnhart
Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Humor
ISBN : STANFORD:36105026089271

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Neo-words by David K. Barnhart Pdf

A compact reference book that collects words and phrases so new they have not yet been recorded in dictionaries. Delightfully illustrated by Elwood Smith, this is a useful tool for the serious lexicographer and a lighthearted look at some of the wackiest words in the English language. 20 cartoons.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Random House Value Publishing
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Reference
ISBN : 051769414X

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A Dictionary of Difficult Words by Anonim Pdf

Dendral? Lampadedromy? Here are more than 15,000 definitions of all the difficult and unusual words the reader is likely to encounter. Including foreign words and terms from the sciences and technology, this reference is invaluable to students, writers, puzzle solvers, and the general reader.

Author : Jeff Kolby
Publisher : Nova Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781889057156

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Vocabulary 4000 by Jeff Kolby Pdf

Other vocabulary books list difficult, esoteric words that readers quickly forget or feel self-conscious about using. Here there is a bounty of choice words, between the common and the esoteric, that will flow forth, once learned. Brief Description: English offers perhaps the richest vocabulary of all languages, in part because its words are culled from so many languages. It is a shame that we do not tap this rich source more often in our daily conversation to express ourselves more clearly and precisely. Many a vocabulary book lists esoteric words we quickly forget or feel self-conscious using. However, there is a bounty of choice words between the common and the esoteric that often seem be just on the tip of our tongue. Vocabulary 4000 brings these words to the fore.All the words you need for success in business, school, and life!Features: * Word Analysis section* Idiom and Usage section* 200 Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes* Concise, practical definitions* Great for the SAT, GRE and other entrance exams.

Author : Pip Williams
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781984820730

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The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams Pdf

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 : Laurence Urdang
Publisher : Crown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015015052296

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The New York Times Everyday Reader's Dictionary of Misunderstood, Misused, and Mispronounced Words by Laurence Urdang Pdf

Author : Katherine Maud Elisabeth Murray
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0300089198

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Caught in the Web of Words by Katherine Maud Elisabeth Murray Pdf

This unique and celebrated biography describes how a largely self-educated boy from a small village in Scotland entered the world of scholarship and became the first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary and a great lexicographer. It also provides an absorbing account of how the dictionary was written, the personalities of the people working on it, and the endless difficulties that nearly led to the whole enterprise being abandoned. "It is a magnificent story of a magnificent man, one of the finest biographies of the twentieth century, as its subject was one of the finest human beings of the nineteenth." --Anthony Burgess "A moving and dramatic story . . . sometimes tragic, often comic, ultimately triumphant." --Times (London) "A biography that possesses many of the virtues of James Murray himself--grace, humor, intelligence, curiosity, and scholarship." --Time "In her vivid biography, Murray's granddaughter brings his remarkable personality to life, and provides an unexpectedly fascinating account of the OED's long and difficult birth." --Times Literary Supplement "A gripping, engaging story; endearing, too. The daily round of a big Victorian family, with its jokes, games, and treasured seaside holidays, is entrancingly evoked." --Sunday Times (London)

Author : Robin Devoe
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1545109273

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Dictionary of the Strange, Curious and Lovely by Robin Devoe Pdf

A dictionary of English's 3500 most interesting and/or beautiful words. Many are obscure words -- this book is not useful for foreigners learning English, but best enjoyed by fluent or native speakers. A book for word-lovers who enjoy learning and appreciating more of the English language. Includes some poetical quotes showing usage and select etymologies.