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Endangered English Dictionary

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We often hear about the richness of the English language, how many more words it contains than French or German. And yet modern desk dictionaries are the result of a paring away of that glory, so that merely standard, functional, current words remain. The price we pay for such convenience is the thousands of delightful words we never see or hear. This book is an effort to save some of those words applicable to everyday life and countless word games from extinction. The resultant treasure trove of exotic verbal creatures is an indispensable resource for every lover of language. A selection: egrutten: having a face swollen from weeping numquid: an inquisitive person sardoodledum: drama that is contrived, stagy, or unrealistic mimp: to purse one's lips

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  • Sprache:
  • Englisch
  • ISBN:
  • 9780393316063
  • Einband:
  • Taschenbuch
  • Seitenzahl:
  • 200
  • Veröffentlicht:
  • 24. Oktober 1997
  • Abmessungen:
  • 200x250x17 mm.
  • Gewicht:
  • 1111 g.
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Beschreibung von Endangered English Dictionary

We often hear about the richness of the English language, how many more words it contains than French or German. And yet modern desk dictionaries are the result of a paring away of that glory, so that merely standard, functional, current words remain. The price we pay for such convenience is the thousands of delightful words we never see or hear.
This book is an effort to save some of those words applicable to everyday life and countless word games from extinction. The resultant treasure trove of exotic verbal creatures is an indispensable resource for every lover of language.
A selection:

egrutten: having a face swollen from weeping
numquid: an inquisitive person
sardoodledum: drama that is contrived, stagy, or unrealistic
mimp: to purse one's lips

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