Totally Weird and Wonderful Words
Erin McKean$16.98
$19.98
Do you know what a snollygoster is? Would you eat something called a muktuk? Do you know anyone who engages in onolatry? Impress your friends and pepper your dinner party conversations with such nuggets as gobemouche, mumpsimus, and cachinnate. You can learn about all of these bizarre and
beautiful words and many more in Totally Weird and Wonderful Words. Offering a potpourri of colorful and fascinating words compiled by noted lexicographer Erin McKean, it contains hundreds of definitions, and has been updated to include two new essays, with over 150 words new to this edition.
Written in a clear and conversational style, the book contains full-page cartoon illustrations by Roz Chast and Danny Shanahan. Featuring hundreds of words guaranteed to amuse and astonish, this is a book that will appeal to logophiles everywhere. It also features a bibliography of Oxford's
dictionaries and a guide to creating your own unusual words correctly from Greek and Latin roots.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 10/01/2006
ISBN: 9780195312126
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.56h x 5.51w x 0.79d
beautiful words and many more in Totally Weird and Wonderful Words. Offering a potpourri of colorful and fascinating words compiled by noted lexicographer Erin McKean, it contains hundreds of definitions, and has been updated to include two new essays, with over 150 words new to this edition.
Written in a clear and conversational style, the book contains full-page cartoon illustrations by Roz Chast and Danny Shanahan. Featuring hundreds of words guaranteed to amuse and astonish, this is a book that will appeal to logophiles everywhere. It also features a bibliography of Oxford's
dictionaries and a guide to creating your own unusual words correctly from Greek and Latin roots.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 10/01/2006
ISBN: 9780195312126
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.56h x 5.51w x 0.79d