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OverviewThis entertaining and informative reference book features sophisticated and surprising alternatives to common words together with guides to usage. Avoiding traditional thesauruses' mundane synonym choices, Peter E. Meltzer puts each word—whether it's protrepic, apostrophise, iracund or emulous—in context. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Peter E. MeltzerPublisher: WW Norton & Co Imprint: WW Norton & Co Edition: Expanded Third Edition Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 4.80cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 1.161kg ISBN: 9780393351255ISBN 10: 0393351254 Pages: 720 Publication Date: 15 September 2015 Audience: General/trade , General/trade , General , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsThis book will lend hours of pleasure-as well as help you preserve the highest layers of the English vocabulary. -- John McWhorter, author of The Language Hoax A million dollars' worth of fifty-cent words. -- Erin McKean, editor, Verbatim Delves into the mostly untapped reservoir of the English lexicon, offering readers more than top-of-mind word choices. Author InformationPeter E. Meltzer, the author of the best-selling The Thinker’s Thesaurus and So You Think You Know Baseball?, is an attorney and a former professor at Rutgers University School of Law. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |