Another Word A Day: An All-New Romp through Some of the Most Unusual and Intriguing Words in English Book

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Title:    Another Word A Day: An All-New Romp through Some of the Most Unusual and Intriguing Words in English

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Wiley

Wiley

Item Number: 9780471718451

Publication Date: September 2005

Number: 1

Product Description: Full Name: Another Word A Day: An All-New Romp through Some of the Most Unusual and Intriguing Words in English; Short Name:Another Word A Day

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Weight: 0.200 kg (0.44 lbs)

Width: 5.570 cm (2.19 inches)

Heigh : 8.480 cm (3.34 inches)

Depth: 0.670 cm (0.26 inches)

Date Added: August 25, 2020, Added By: Ross

Date Last Edited: August 25, 2020, Edited By: Ross

	Acknowledgments	xiii
	Introduction	1
1	Words to Describe People I	5
	Opsimath
	Agelast
	Losel
	Nebbish
	Cruciverbalist
2	Earls Who Became Words (or Places That Became Words)	9
	Orrery
	Cadogan
	Oxfordian
	Derby
	Yarborough
3	Words Having Origins in Chess	14
	Zugzwang
	Checkmate
	Gambit
	Stalemate
	Endgame
4	Words That Appear to Be Misspellings of Everyday Words I	18
	Passible
	Monestrous
	Cloture
	Nutriment
	Assoil
5	Archaic Words	21
	Clepe
	Sennight
	Anon
	Gainsay
	Hearken
6	Toponyms	24
	Chautauqua
	Pax Romana
	Gibraltar
	Seltzer
	Kilkenny cats
7	Words about Books and Writing	28
	Roman a clef
	Orihon
	Amphigory
	Conspectus
	Magnum opus
8	Words Borrowed from Yiddish	31
	Chutzpah
	Mensch
	Zaftig
	Kvetch
	Schlep
9	Terms from the World of Law	36
	Estoppel
	Laches
	Solatium
	Sui juris
	Mittimus
10	Words That Appear to Be Misspellings of Everyday Words II	40
	Eagre
	Imprest
	Endue
	Biennial
	Quacksalver
11	Words Borrowed from Arabic	44
	Alembic
	Nadir
	Jihad
	Houri
	Talisman
12	Words Formed Erroneously	48
	Niddering
	Obsidian
	Helpmeet
	Zenith
	Derring-do
13	What's in a Name?	52
	Randy
	Tony
	Ted
	Bobby
	Brad
14	Words from Poetry	56
	Cataract
	Dreary
	Nosegay
	Collyrium
	Tarry
15	Fishy Words	61
	Minnow
	Gudgeon
	Remora
	Inconnu
	Tope
16	Discover the Theme I	66
	Ubiety
	Irade
	Ambit
	Estival
	Lanate
17	Terms Employing Various Nationalities	71
	French leave
	Chinese wall
	Roman holiday
	Irish bull
	Dutch auction
18	Words with Double Connections	75
	Diplopia
	Double entendre
	Ambsace
	Satchel
	Doppelganger
19	Words Related to the Calendar	79
	Ides
	Bissextile
	Greek calends
	Menology
	Fin de siecle
20	False Friends	83
	Sacrilegious
	Scission
	Oust
	Impregnable
	Mellifluous
21	Red-Herring Words	87
	Undulate
	Fartlek
	Conversant
	Assize
	Valorize
22	Words Related to the Human Body	90
	Nares
	Oxter
	Pollex
	Nevus
	Glossal
23	Words Related to Buying and Selling	93
	Emptor
	Nummary
	Duopoly
	Monopsony
	Chandler
24	Miscellaneous Words	98
	Astrobleme
	Pudency
	Aporia
	Remontant
	Loricate
25	Words That Have Changed Meaning with Time	101
	Demagogue
	Decimate
	Feisty
	Egregious
	Officious
26	Words about Words	107
	Hapax legomenon
	Metaphor
	Vulgat
	Hyperbole
	Metaplasm
27	Anglo-Saxon Words	111
	Meed
	Fen
	Lief
	Fain
	Wight
28	Words Borrowed from Other Languages	115
	Cumshaw
	Smorgasbord
	Baksheesh
	Taboo
	Honcho
29	Words from Medicine	118
	Sequela
	Nosology
	Idiopathy
	Placebo
	Nyctalopia
30	Numeric Terms	123
	Sixty-four-dollar question
	Eighty-six
	Twenty-twenty
	Deep-six
	Catch-22
31	Kangaroo Words	132
	Indolent
	Rapscallion
	Amicable
	Frangible
	Scion
32	What Does That Company Name Mean?	135
	Cingular
	Lucent
	Prudential
	Vanguard
	Suppurate
33	Words with Interesting Etymologies	139
	Erudite
	Sobriquet
	Indite
	Pentimento
	Cockamamie
34	Words to Describe People II	143
	Scrofulous
	Ugsome
	Gormless
	Scalawag
	Sciolist
35	Words about Collecting and the Study of Things	147
	Scripophily
	Deltiology
	Exonumia
	Notaphily
	Vexillology
36	Words from the World of Law II	150
	Voir dire
	En banc
	Parol
	Depone
	Distrain
37	Words Derived from Other Languages	153
	Sangfroid
	Dragoman
	Hinterland
	Apparat
	Blighty
38	Words about Words II	156
	Exonym
	Mononym
	Cryptonym
	Teknonym
	Matronym
39	Words Borrowed from African Languages	161
	Zombie
	Veld
	Juju
	Spoor
	Mumbo jumbo
40	Metallic Words Used as Metaphors	165
	Goldbrick
	Silver bullet
	Brassy
	Leaden
	Tin ear
41	Words Related to Movies	170
	Bogart
	Cinematheque
	Jeune premier
	McGuffin
	Cineaste
42	Discover the Theme II	174
	Extemporize
	Impresario
	Macroscopic
	Postdiluvian
	Plausive
43	Miscellaneous Words II	178
	Telic
	Saltant
	Conurbation
	Trade-last
	Tardigrade
44	Words That Aren't What They Appear to Be	182
	Beestings
	Pythoness
	Lambent
	Redoubt
	Archimage
45	Words of Horse-Related Origins	185
	Desultory
	Equitant
	Tattersall
	Spavined
	Hors de combat
46	Words of Horse-Related Origins II	189
	Cheval-de-frise
	Hobson's choice
	Harridan
	Cheval de bataille
	Cavalier
47	Words with Origins in War	192
	Nom de guerre
	Antebellum
	Polemic
	Bellicose
	Casus belli
48	Words from Latin	196
	Stat
	Ceteris paribus
	Qua
	Terra firma
	Via media
49	Words to Describe Your Opponents	200
	Facinorous
	Ventripotent
	Dasypygal
	Saponaceous
	Yegg
50	Discover the Theme III	204
	Orotund
	Draggle
	Trunnel
	Pinnate

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