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A word a day : a romp through some of the most unusual and intriguing words in E
Garg, Anu.
Adult Nonfiction 428.1 G
Garg, Anu.
Adult Nonfiction 428.1 G
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| Contents | Page |
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| Acknowledgments | p. xv |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| 1 - Animal Words | p. 5 |
| Crabwise | |
| Testudinate | |
| Gadfly | |
| Kangaroo court | |
| Waspish | |
| 2 - Latin Terms | p. 9 |
| Quid pro quo | |
| Rara avis | |
| Sine die | |
| Annus mirabilis | |
| Sub rosa | |
| 3 - Words to Describe People I | p. 13 |
| Philosophaster | |
| Autocrat | |
| Adamantine | |
| Satrap | |
| Anchorite | |
| 4 - Lesser-Known Counterparts of Everyday Words | p. 16 |
| Epizootic | |
| Anile | |
| Estivate | |
| Thegosis | |
| Trilemma | |
| 5 - Words for Odds and Ends | p. 20 |
| Aglet | |
| Chad | |
| Tittle | |
| Grommet | |
| Pintle | |
| 6 - Reduplicatives | p. 24 |
| Shilly-shally | |
| Tussie-mussie | |
| Herky-jerky | |
| Wishy-washy | |
| Knick-knack | |
| 7 - Discover the Theme I | p. 27 |
| Tessera | |
| Hypolimnion | |
| Decerebrate | |
| Homonym | |
| Extravasate | |
| 8 - Gender-Specific Nouns | p. 30 |
| Caryatid | |
| Telamon | |
| Gynarchy | |
| Androcracy | |
| Nymphomania | |
| Satyriasis | |
| 9 - Verbs | p. 33 |
| Cogitate | |
| Decoct | |
| Perorate | |
| Shamble | |
| Redact | |
| 10 - Coined Words I | p. 36 |
| Googol | |
| Blurb | |
| Boondoggle | |
| Heebie-jeebies | |
| Runcible | |
| 11 - Back-Formations | p. 40 |
| Emote | |
| Admix | |
| Aesthete | |
| Adulate | |
| Accrete | |
| 12 - Portmanteaux | p. 43 |
| Cremains | |
| Cinematheque | |
| Carmine | |
| Birl | |
| 13 - Short Words | p. 45 |
| Vim | |
| Fey | |
| Gest | |
| Dun | |
| Maw | |
| 14 - Words That Make the Spell-Checker Ineffective | p. 48 |
| Impassible | |
| Wether | |
| Specie | |
| Angary | |
| Demur | |
| 15 - Names for Things | p. 51 |
| Crossbuck | |
| Hallux | |
| Septum | |
| Ocellus | |
| Newel | |
| 16 - Words Formed by Metathesis | p. 54 |
| Scart | |
| Prad | |
| Bort | |
| Gride | |
| Scrimmage | |
| 17 - Words Not to Put on Your Resume | p. 57 |
| Manque | |
| Distrait | |
| Recreant | |
| Garrulous | |
| Truculent | |
| 18 - A Verbal Zoo | p. 60 |
| Welkin | |
| Aphelion | |
| Endogamy | |
| Vamoose | |
| Epigone | |
| 19 - Words from Medicine | p. 63 |
| Sternutation | |
| Nosocomial | |
| Antitussive | |
| Prophylaxis | |
| Aperient | |
| 20 - Semordnilap | p. 66 |
| Avid | |
| Ogre | |
| Debut | |
| Nonet | |
| Rebus | |
| 21 - Words with Color as Metaphor | p. 69 |
| Blue rinse | |
| Greenmail | |
| Brown study | |
| Purple passage | |
| Pink collar | |
| 22 - Words That Make One Say, "I Didn't Know There Was a Word for That!" | p. 72 |
| Dol | |
| Murdrum | |
| Thalweg | |
| Scurf | |
| Mora | |
| 23 - Wordpix | p. 75 |
| Verboten | |
| Supernumerary | |
| Epicene | |
| Diastema | |
| Ullage | |
| 24 - Wordpix II | p. 78 |
| Chevron | |
| Maverick | |
| Pecuniary | |
| Pariah | |
| 25 - Wordpix III | p. 80 |
| Pendulous | |
| Acclivity | |
| Kowtow | |
| Oology | |
| Inebriety | |
| 26 - Words with Offbeat Pluralizations | p. 83 |
| Opus | |
| Occiput | |
| Chrysalis | |
| Numen | |
| Virtuoso | |
| 27 - Words about Relations | p. 86 |
| Agnate | |
| Miscegenation | |
| Progenitor | |
| Enate | |
| Primogenitor | |
| 28 - Collective Nouns | p. 89 |
| Sounder | |
| Nide | |
| Skein | |
| Skulk | |
| Bevy | |
| 29 - Positive Words | p. 93 |
| Sipid | |
| Pervious | |
| Vincible | |
| Furl | |
| Requite | |
| 30 - Discover the Theme II | p. 95 |
| Dekko | |
| Ait | |
| Bijou | |
| Horst | |
| Dotty | |
| 31 - Lesser-Known Synonyms of Everyday Words | p. 98 |
| Athenaeum | |
| Tokology | |
| Debark | |
| Sartorial | |
| Cancrine | |
| 32 - Words from Speeches | p. 102 |
| Manacle | |
| Chasm | |
| Attainder | |
| Sentient | |
| Mirabile dictu | |
| 33 - Words That Contain the Vowels AEIOU Once and Only Once | p. 106 |
| Armigerous | |
| Epuration | |
| Inquorate | |
| Ossuary | |
| Uvavorite | |
| 34 - Coined Words II | p. 110 |
| Eustasy | |
| Pangaea | |
| McJob | |
| Locust years | |
| Prehensile | |
| 35 - English as a Global Language | p. 113 |
| Nous | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Timorous | |
| Soporific | |
| Morose | |
| 36 - Eponyms | p. 117 |
| Fletcherize | |
| Grinch | |
| John Bull | |
| Aristarch | |
| Chicken Little | |
| 37 - Words about Words I | p. 120 |
| Haplography | |
| Obiter dictum | |
| Asyndeton | |
| Verbigeration | |
| Brachylogy | |
| 38 - Uncommon Words with Common Suffixes | p. 124 |
| Oniomania | |
| Garbology | |
| Onychophagia | |
| Philography | |
| Theophany | |
| 39 - Words to Describe People II | p. 127 |
| Pertinacious | |
| Pixilated | |
| Oscitant | |
| Punctilious | |
| Pococurante | |
| 40 - Ordinal Words | p. 130 |
| Fifth column | |
| Fourth estate | |
| Third degree | |
| Second fiddle | |
| First water | |
| 41 - Words for Odds and Ends | p. 133 |
| Albedo | |
| Dewlap | |
| Chaplet | |
| Gnomon | |
| Finial | |
| 42 - Red-Herring Words | p. 136 |
| Sextet | |
| Potatory | |
| Gyrovague | |
| Discommode | |
| Obsequy | |
| 43 - Discover the Theme III | p. 139 |
| Mecca | |
| Redd | |
| Ogee | |
| Vug | |
| Plica | |
| 44 - Newer Words in the Oxford English Dictionary | p. 142 |
| Full monty | |
| Bad hair day | |
| Nutraceutical | |
| Retail therapy | |
| Webliography | |
| 45 - War of Words and Words of War | p. 147 |
| Pyrrhic victory | |
| Casus belli | |
| Fetial | |
| Polemology | |
| Spoliation | |
| 46 - Words for Physical Characteristics Used to Describe People Figuratively | p. 150 |
| Louche | |
| Clochard | |
| Myopic | |
| Dexterous | |
| Ambisinister | |
| 47 - Words Evolved from Folk Etymologies | p. 154 |
| Humble pie | |
| Kickshaw | |
| Wiseacre | |
| Rakehell | |
| Chaise longue | |
| 48 - Words about Words II | p. 157 |
| Hobson-Jobson | |
| Dittography | |
| Eye dialect | |
| Epenthesis | |
| Idiolect | |
| 49 - Words Formed Using Combining Forms | p. 163 |
| Misocainea | |
| Piliform | |
| Ichnology | |
| Steganography | |
| Chiromancy | |
| 50 - Toponyms, or Words Derived from Place Names | p. 167 |
| Ultima Thule | |
| El Dorado | |
| Timbuktu | |
| Stoic | |
| Brigadoon | |
| 51 - Words for Body Parts That Are Used Metaphorically | p. 170 |
| Visceral | |
| Liverish | |
| Adrenalize | |
| Phlegmatic | |
| Jugular | |
| 52 - Red-Herring Words Revisited | p. 173 |
| Debridement | |
| Escheat | |
| Antiphony | |
| Limpid | |
| Sexcentenary | |
| 53 - Words from Nature's Oeuvre | p. 176 |
| Fjord | |
| Estuary | |
| Peninsula | |
| Archipelago | |
| Massif | |
| 54 - Words about People Who Love Books | p. 179 |
| Bibliophage | |
| Bibliophile | |
| Bibliotaph | |
| Biblioklept | |
| Bibliophobe | |
| 55 - Mondegreens and Other Linguistic Faux Pas | p. 183 |
| Mondegreen | |
| Spoonerism | |
| Malapropism | |
| Answers to the "Discover the Theme" Chapters | p. 193 |
| Bibliography | p. 195 |
| Index of Words | p. 197 |
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