Dictionary Of The Strange Curious And Lovely

Download or read book Dictionary of the Strange, Curious and Lovely written by Robin Devoe and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-03-12 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dictionary of English's 3500 most interesting and/or beautiful words. Many are obscure words -- this book is not useful for foreigners learning English, but best enjoyed by fluent or native speakers. A book for word-lovers who enjoy learning and appreciating more of the English language. Includes some poetical quotes showing usage and select etymologies.

Download or read book Word Lover's Dictionary written by Josefa Heifetz and published by . This book was released on 2002-07-31 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Other-Wordly written by Yee-Lum Mak and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover words to surprise, delight, and enamor. Learn terms for the sunlight that filters through the leaves of trees, for dancing awkwardly but with relish, and for the look shared by two people who each wish the other would speak first. Other-Wordly is an irresistible ebook for lovers of words and those lost for words alike.

Download or read book The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows written by John Koenig and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “It’s undeniably thrilling to find words for our strangest feelings…Koenig casts light into lonely corners of human experience…An enchanting book. “ —The Washington Post A truly original book in every sense of the word, The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows poetically defines emotions that we all feel but don’t have the words to express—until now. Have you ever wondered about the lives of each person you pass on the street, realizing that everyone is the main character in their own story, each living a life as vivid and complex as your own? That feeling has a name: “sonder.” Or maybe you’ve watched a thunderstorm roll in and felt a primal hunger for disaster, hoping it would shake up your life. That’s called “lachesism.” Or you were looking through old photos and felt a pang of nostalgia for a time you’ve never actually experienced. That’s “anemoia.” If you’ve never heard of these terms before, that’s because they didn’t exist until John Koenig set out to fill the gaps in our language of emotion. The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows “creates beautiful new words that we need but do not yet have,” says John Green, bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars. By turns poignant, relatable, and mind-bending, the definitions include whimsical etymologies drawn from languages around the world, interspersed with otherworldly collages and lyrical essays that explore forgotten corners of the human condition—from “astrophe,” the longing to explore beyond the planet Earth, to “zenosyne,” the sense that time keeps getting faster. The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows is for anyone who enjoys a shift in perspective, pondering the ineffable feelings that make up our lives. With a gorgeous package and beautiful illustrations throughout, this is the perfect gift for creatives, word nerds, and human beings everywhere.

Download or read book Epic English Words written by Robin Devoe and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-11-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction: What is this Book? This book is part dictionary, part very portable, extremely selective, and curated encyclopedia. Unusual and interesting vocabulary, but also terms from the sciences & arts; place names & literary references; linguistic curiosities; and names from mythology & zoology. This book showcases words and terms that are all interesting for some reason. Some look or sound beautiful; some are strange in a creative way; some esoteric and deep. Many entries include etymologies and quotations from poetry, literature, etc. showing word usage. In populating this book, subjective taste was unavoidable. Why is a star such as Omicron Draconis chosen over other stars? Simply because the author fancies the name itself. Other entries are chosen due to unique features, or beauty of sound, appearance, or meaning. Included within are interesting places, real and mythological (Shitlington Crags, Shambhala, Muspelheim); names from zoology (dreamfish & wonderpus); cryptozoology (Mongolian death worm); astronomy (El Gordo & Aldebaran); music (protopunk & doodlesack); literature (Prufrockian & purple passages); history (Pavlopetri); mathematics (Whitney umbrella); terms from geology (inselberg & Devonian); and intriguing words such as welkin, smokefall, orison, omnishambles, nemorous, circumvolant, moonglade, meeping, goetic, esperance, cosmoplastic, brontide, and anagalactic. Some of the best entries from the more comprehensive Dictionary of the Strange, Curious, and Lovely are also included. In addition to the many recherché vocabulary words, there are numerous entries from mythology, astronomy, geography, zoology, poetry, and literature. Just a few humans are listed as entries (e.g., Finnish poet Runeberg and English astrologer Sepharial). A liberal sprinkling of English's more elegant prefixes (such as: circum-, cosmo-, proto-, ob-, and para-) and suffixes (-esque, -mancy, -escent, -ium, and -genic) are spread throughout this alphabetized volume. "Brevity is the soul of wit" - Shakespeare, Hamlet This book was designed to be very portable, very casual - yet intriguing & inspiring. The reader is gently introduced to new & interesting words, to strange, beautiful, or elegant words. If you love these types of words and terms, you will likely love this collection! If you are looking, however, for OED-type definitions with every word sense and comprehensive etymology and pronunciations, this book may not be for you. The 10-page "Supplemental Words of Beauty or Interest" appending this volume lists just the words themselves, without definitions - most (but far from all) definitions are relatively apparent or commonly known.

Download or read book Dictionary of Homophones written by Leslie Presson and published by Barron's Educational Series, Incorporated. This book was released on 1997-10 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides more than 600 sets of homophones, listed alphabetically with brief definitions and part-of-speech designations.

Download or read book A Great Idea at the Time written by Alex Beam and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-09 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today the classics of the western canon, written by the proverbial ''dead white men,'' are cannon fodder in the culture wars. But in the 1950s and 1960s, they were a pop culture phenomenon. The Great Books of Western Civilization, fifty-four volumes chosen by intellectuals at the University of Chicago, began as an educational movement, and evolved into a successful marketing idea. Why did a million American households buy books by Hippocrates and Nicomachus from door-to-door salesmen? And how and why did the great books fall out of fashion? In A Great Idea at the Time Alex Beam explores the Great Books mania, in an entertaining and strangely poignant portrait of American popular culture on the threshold of the television age. Populated with memorable characters, A Great Idea at the Time will leave readers asking themselves: Have I read Lucretius's De Rerum Natura lately? If not, why not?