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Author | : Robert Hendrickson |
Publisher | : Facts on File |
Total Pages | : 822 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780816048137 |
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Updated and expanded, The Facts On File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins, Third Edition features definitions and origins of more than 12,500 words and expressions, making it the most comprehensive single-volume reference of its kind. This collection traces the development of slang words, proverbs, animal and plant names, place-names, nicknames, historical expressions, foreign-language expressions, and phrases from literature. With approximately 3,500 new entries, ranging from "Axis of Evil" to "Zoot Suit Riots," this comprehensive and authoritative encyclopedia engages word lovers and researchers and serves as an invaluable reference tool for all students of language and literature.
Author | : Robert Hendrickson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 772 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : English language |
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A tracing of the sometimes bizarre and always fascinating origins and development of over 9000 words and phrases.
Author | : Robert Hendrickson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 581 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : English language |
ISBN | : 9780333460894 |
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Author | : Robert Hendrickson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 822 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Proverbs |
ISBN | : 9788130901244 |
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Author | : Robert Hendrickson |
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Release | : 2008-01-01 |
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ISBN | : 9788130908052 |
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Updated and expanded, the Encyclopedia of Word and Pharse Origins, Third Edition, features definitions and origins of more than 12,500 words and expressions, making it the most comprehensive single-volume reference of its kind. This collection traces the development of slang words, proverbs, animal and plant names, place-names, nicknames, historical expressions, foreign-language expressions, and phrases from literature. With approximately 3,500 new entries, ranging from Axis of Evil to Zoot Suit Riots, this comprehensive and authoritative encyclopedia engages word lovers and researchers and serves as an invaluable reference tool for all students of language and literature.
Author | : Robert Hendrickson |
Publisher | : Owl Books |
Total Pages | : 581 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780805012514 |
Download The Henry Holt Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Traces the history of more than seven thousand English words, expressions, and sayings
Author | : William Morris |
Publisher | : New York, Harper, 1962- . |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : English language |
ISBN | : |
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Arranged in alphabetical order for handy reference, this book contains more than 3,000 everyday words and expressions. It tells where these comes from, and what they really mean. (Publisher).
Author | : Robert Hendrickson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : English language |
ISBN | : 9780816010127 |
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Author | : William Morris |
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Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1967 |
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Author | : William Morris |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 516 |
Release | : 1988-05-17 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 006015862X |
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The Morrises, well-known lexicographers, published a dictionary of the same title in 1977, a revision of a three-volume work published between 1962 and 1971. This new revision, which provides histories of interesting words and phrases in the English language, is similar in concept to several books by John Ciardi. Like Ciardi's works, the etymologies and phrase origins are presented in a readable style, making them a joy to browse.