- Title: Another Word A Day: A Romp through Some of the Most Unusual and Intriguing Words in English.
- Author(s): Anu Garg.
- Publisher: Wiley .
- Language: American English.
- Pages: 241.
- Size: 1.37 Mb.
- Format: PDF.
- Date : October 4, 2005.
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.
Inside you'll discover an all-new treasure trove of 260 curious and compelling words, including:
- assoil (uh-SOIL): verb tr. 1. To pardon. 2. To atone for.
- cumshaw (KUM-shaw): noun. A gift or a tip.
- lanate (LAY-nayt): adjective. Having a woolly surface.
- sennight (SEN-yt): noun. A week.
- ugsome (UG-suhm): adjective. Dreadful, loathsome.
- yegg (yeg): noun. A thug or a burglar, especially a safecracker.
Garg includes usage examples taken from current newspapers and magazines, as well as puzzles, quizzes, and real-life anecdotes interspersed throughout the entries for an extra dash of fun and fascination. For A Word A Day subscribers and word lovers everywhere, Another Word A Day is a beguiling tour through the English language that can't be found anywhere else.
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