A smorgasbord of surprising, obscure, and exotic words
In this delightful encore to the national bestseller A Word A Day, Anu
Garg, the founder of the wildly popular A Word A Day website
(wordsmith.org), presents an all-new collection of unusual, intriguing
words and real-life anecdotes that will thrill writers, scholars, and
word buffs everywhere. Another Word A Day celebrates the English
language in all its quirkiness, grandeur, and fun, and features new
chapters ranging from "Words Formed Erroneously" and "Red-Herring Words"
to "Kangaroo Words," "Discover the Theme," and "What Does That Company
Name Mean?" In them, you'll find a treasure trove of curious and
compelling words, including agelast, dragoman, mittimus, nyctalopia,
quacksalver, scission, tattersall, and zugzwang. Each entry includes a
concise definition, etymology, and usage example, interspersed with
illuminating quotations.
Praise for A Word A Day
"Anu Garg's many readers await their A Word A Day rations hungrily. Now
at last here's a feast for them and other verbivores. Eat up!" -Barbara
Wallraff, Senior Editor at The Atlantic Monthly and author of Word
Court
"AWADies will be familiar with Anu Garg's refreshing approach to words:
words are fun and they have fascinating histories." -John Simpson, Chief
Editor, Oxford English Dictionary
