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Another Word A DayAn All-New Romp through Some of the Most Unusual and Intriguing Words in English【電子書籍】[ Anu Garg ]
<p><strong>A smorgasbord of surprising, obscure, and exotic words</strong></p> <p>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.</p> <p><strong>Praise for a word a day</strong></p> <p>"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!"<br /> --Barbara Wallraff, Senior Editor at <em>The Atlantic Monthly</em> and author of <em>Word Court</em></p> <p>"AWADies will be familiar with Anu Garg's refreshing approach to words: words are fun and they have fascinating histories."<br /> --John Simpson, Chief Editor, <em>Oxford English Dictionary</em></p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。
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