Weird and Wonderful Words
Oxford University Press

Weird and Wonderful Words

Subjects: Language: reference & general, Language
ISBN13: 9780195159059
Published: 01 Dec 2002

Format - Hardback
By McKean, Erin

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Weird and Wonderful Words

Regular price A$33.14
Sale price A$33.14 Regular price A$34.16
Product description

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.

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