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David Grambs

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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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Author: David Grambs
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Year: 1997
Pages: 288
ISBN: 9780393292510
ISBN-10: 0393292517
ISBN-13: 9780393292510
Format: ePub
Language: English English

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