Another Word A Day

Presents a collection of unusual, intriguing words and real-life anecdotes. This book includes words such as agelast, dragoman, mittimus, nyctalopia, quacksalver, scission, tattersall, and zugzwang. Each entry covers a concise definition, etymology, and usage example, interspersed with illuminating quotations.

Auteur	Garg, Anu
Mediatype	Boek
Bindwijze	Paperback
Taal	Engels
Aantal pagina's	240
Uitgever	John Wiley And Sons Ltd
Plaats van publicatie	01
NUR	Taalkunde
Afmetingen	215 x 141
Gewicht	350 gr
ISBN/ISBN13	0471718459
ISBN/ISBN13	9780471718451

Acknowledgments.§§Introduction.§§1. Words to Describe People I.§§2. Earls Who Became Words (or Places That Became Words).§§3. Words Having Origins in Chess.§§4. Words That Appear to Be Misspellings of Everyday Words I.§§5. Archaic Words.§§6. Toponyms.§§7. Words about Books and Writing.§§8. Words Borrowed from Yiddish.§§9. Terms from the World of Law.§§10. Words That Appear to Be Misspellings of Everyday Words II.§§11. Words Borrowed from Arabic.§§12. Words Formed Erroneously.§§13. What's in a Name?§§14. Words from Poetry.§§15. Fishy Words.§§16. Discover the Theme I.§§17. Terms Employing Various Nationalities.§§18. Words with Double Connections.§§19. Words Related to the Calendar.§§20. False Friends.§§21. Red-Herring Words.§§22. Words Related to the Human Body.§§23. Words Related to Buying and Selling.§§24. Miscellaneous Words.§§25. Words That Have Changed Meaning with Time.§§26. Words about Words.§§27. Anglo-Saxon Words.§§28. Words Borrowed from Other Languages.§§29. Words from Medicine.§§30. Numeric Terms.§§31. Kangaroo Words.§§32. What Does That Company Name Mean?§§33. Words with Interesting Etymologies.§§34. Words to Describe People II.§§35. Words about Collecting and the Study of Things.§§36. Words from the World of Law II.§§37. Words Derived from Other Languages.§§38. Words about Words II.§§39. Words Borrowed from African Languages.§§40. Metallic Words Used as Metaphors.§§41. Words Related to Movies.§§42. Discover the Theme II.§§43. Miscellaneous Words II.§§44. Words That Aren't What They Appear to Be.§§45. Words of Horse-Related Origins.§§46. Words of Horse-Related Origins II.§§47. Words with Origins in War.§§48. Words from Latin.§§49. Words to Describe Your Opponents.§§50. Discover the Theme III.§§51. Words Borrowed from Native American Languages.§§52. Loanwords from Spanish.§§Answers.§§Web Resources: More Fun with Words.§§Index of Words.

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