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Weird and Wonderful Words by Erin McKean (2002, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0195159055
ISBN-13
9780195159059
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2319791

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
144 Pages
Publication Name
Weird and Wonderful Words
Language
English
Publication Year
2002
Subject
Vocabulary, General, Curiosities & Wonders
Type
Not Available
Subject Area
Référence, Language Arts & Disciplines
Author
Erin Mckean
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
11.9 Oz
Item Length
8.7 in
Item Width
5.5 in

Additional Product Features

LCCN
2003-268393
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
'this is a book that will enhance both your logodaedaly and your eutrapely. For all its nidgery appearance, it merits not a suirk but a place on the pluteus of your sitooterie'Daily Express, 'this is a book that will enhance both your logodaedaly and youreutrapely. For all its nidgery appearance, it merits not a suirk but a place onthe pluteus of your sitooterie'Daily Express, "Interesting."--School Library Journal "It will undoubtably answer the occasional reference question as well as entertain."--ExLibris "A treasury of colorful and unusual words."--Forecast "A whimsical lexicographical petting zoo."--Copyeditor "Delightful."--Hartford Courant "This book is as wonderful as the weird words in it....Funambulists, seplasiaries, and word lovers everywhere surely will want thisbook."--Library Journal
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Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
423.1
Intended Audience
Trade
Synopsis
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., 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, featuring full-page illustrations.
Illustrated by
Chast, Roz
LC Classification Number
P305
Copyright Date
2002
ebay_catalog_id
4

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