Description: Title: The Dictionary of Difficult Words: With More Than 400 Perplexing Words to Test Your Wits! Author: Solomon, Jane Publisher: Frances Lincoln Ltd Binding: Hardcover Pages: 112 Dimensions: 12.30h x 10.10w x 0.60d Product Weight: 2.1 lbs. Language: English ISBN: 9781786038111 What is a bumbershoot? Or a moonbow? And what does it mean when someone absquatulates...? Find out all this and more in The Dictionary of Difficult Words. Test your knowledge with more than 400 words to amaze, confuse, and inspire budding wordsmiths (and adults). All of the words featured in this book are difficult to spell, hard to say, and their meanings are obscure to most children (and most adults) You can master them with the simple, easy-to-understand definitions and pronunciations written by lexicographer (yes, that's in there too ) Jane Solomon. Fun, colorful illustrations add whimsy to the pages. Some jobbernowls say dictionaries are anachronistic, or even obsolete, but it's kenspeckle to real bibliophiles that those vociferous ninnyhammers are just metagrobolised by the plethora of portmanteaus, neologisms, and jargon they offer. Next time you find yourself wrangling with one of these ultracrepidarians, no need to imagineer a sockdolager: just show them this book. This captivating dictionary celebrates the beauty of the English language for family trivia time spent around the printed page. Authorized Dealer Ships Fast From The USA Stock Photo - Actual Cover May Vary Hassle-Free 30 Day Returns
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Book Title: Dictionary of Difficult Words : with more than 400 Perplexing Words to Test Your Wits!
Number of Pages: 112 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group UK
Publication Year: 2019
Topic: Games & Activities / Word Games, Référence / Dictionaries, Language Arts / Vocabulary & Spelling
Item Height: 0.7 in
Features: New Edition
Illustrator: Lockhart, Louise, Yes
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
Item Weight: 30.2 Oz
Author: Jane Solomon
Item Length: 12.5 in
Item Width: 10.4 in
Format: Hardcover
