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Ologies and Isms: A Dictionary of Word Beginnings and ...
Informative and Enjoyable: The terminology of medicine and biology, to name just two fields, is rife with words formed largely by compounding Greek stems. This book enables a layman like me to make sense of them, and of many other words in more common [... more]
$16.95
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Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words ...
Fun reading for idle times...: Ever browse the Oxford English Dictionary just for fun, especially for the parenthetical information about the origins of words? Ever wish those entries were longer? Well, then you'll love this book. Those of who love [... more]
$12.95
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Port Out, Starboard Home
POSH ýPort Out, Starboard Homeý. by Michael Quinion: J. P. Maher Ph. D. Professor Emeritus of Linguistics Oxford University Press editor Angela Blackburn told me in 1984 that "etymology doesn't sell." Michael Quinion's. POSH [... more]
$26.85
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Ologies and Isms: A Dictionary of Word Beginnings and ...
Informative and Enjoyable: The terminology of medicine and biology, to name just two fields, is rife with words formed largely by compounding Greek stems. This book enables a layman like me to make sense of them, and of many other words in more common [... more]
$16.95
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Gallimaufry: A Hodgepodge of our Vanishing Vocabulary
Quinion's Quirky Quodlibet: Gallimaufry (noun) - 1. a dish made up of leftovers 2. a miscellaneous jumble or medley Yup, that pretty much defines the contents of British lexicographer Michael Quinion's fourth book of word stories. His previous book, Port [... more]
$29.99
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Gallimaufry: A Hodgepodge of Our Vanishing Vocabulary
Quinion's Quirky Quodlibet: Gallimaufry (noun) - 1. a dish made up of leftovers 2. a miscellaneous jumble or medley Yup, that pretty much defines the contents of British lexicographer Michael Quinion's fourth book of word stories. His previous book, Port [... more]
$16.95
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Word sites online.: An article from: Verbatim
Author: Michael Quinion Binding: Digital Format: HTML Number Of Pages: 3 Publication Date: 2002-09-22 Release Date: 2005-08-01 [... more]
$5.95
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Emails to an etymologist.: An article from: Verbatim
Author: Michael Quinion Binding: Digital Format: HTML Number Of Pages: 4 Publication Date: 2005-03-22 Release Date: 2005-12-05 [... more]
$5.95
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Gallimaufry: A Hodge-Podge of Words Vanishing from Our ...
Quinion's Quirky Quodlibet: Gallimaufry (noun) - 1. a dish made up of leftovers 2. a miscellaneous jumble or medley Yup, that pretty much defines the contents of British lexicographer Michael Quinion's fourth book of word stories. His previous book, Port [... more]
$5.00
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