Anu Garg

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Another Word a Day: An All-New Romp Through Some of the Most Unusual and Intriguing Words in EnglishPaperback, 1 October 2005

Another Word a Day: An All-New Romp Through Some of the Most Unusual and Intriguing Words in English
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Print Length
244 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Wiley
Date Published
1 Oct 2005
ISBN-10
0471718459
ISBN-13
9780471718451

Description

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

Product Details

Author:
Anu Garg
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
1 October 2005
Dimensions:
21.59 x 14.1 x 1.5 cm
ISBN-10:
0471718459
ISBN-13:
9780471718451
Language:
English
Location:
Hoboken, NJ
Pages:
244
Publisher:
Weight:
312.98 gm

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