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 Web site
(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
