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The Word-Lover's Lexicon

By Michael Laser
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By Michael Laser
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The most entertaining book about words you can find!

The Word-Lover's Lexicon offers...

• Nearly 2,000 words, including the ones you meant to look up but didn't (fractious, limpid, overweening); interesting concepts and unusual practices (duende, nepenthe, couvade); things you didn't know the names for (tragus, plinth, chalaza); words you may never have seen before (menhir, callipygian, eructation); and much, much more.

• Witty, elegant, and quirky quotations from literature and journalism: da...

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