The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities: A Yearbook of Forgotten Words by Paul Anthony Jones
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Category: Dictionaries
Open The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities and you'll find both a word and a day to remember, every day of the year. Each day has its own dedicated entry, on which a curious or notable event--and an equally curious or notable word--are explored. On the day on which flirting was banned in New York City, ...Show more
The Cambridge Greek Lexicon by James Diggle
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Category: Dictionaries
The Cambridge Greek Lexicon is based upon principles differing from those of existing Greek lexica. Entries are organised according to meaning, with a view to showing the developing senses of words and the relationships between those senses. Other contextual and explanatory information, all expressed in ...Show more
The Complete Rhyming Dictionary by Clement Wood
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Category: Dictionaries
This simple-to-use, exceptionally complete reference work has been updated, expanded and redesigned to meet the needs of today's most demanding wordsmiths. Included here are over 10,000 new entries--over 60,000 in all, sight, vowel, consonant, and one-, two-, and three-syllable rhymes.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology (PB) by T. F. Hoad
$27.95 AUD
Category: Dictionaries | Series: Oxford Paperback Reference
Where did the words bungalow and assassin derive? What did nice mean in the Middle Ages? How were adder, anger, and umpire originally spelt? The answers can be found in this essential companion to any popular dictionary. With over 17,000 entries, this is the most authoritative and comprehensive guide to ...Show more
The Illustrated Compendium of Ugly English Words by Tyler Vendetti; Rebecca Pryce (Illustrator)
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Category: Dictionaries | Series: Illustrated Compendium Ser.
Behold the 300 Ugliest Words in the English Language J. R. R. Tolkien once said that cellar door is the most beautiful phrase in the English language; since then it has received quite a bit of attention from poets and linguists. But what of the ugly words? This delightfully humorous volume celebrates th ...Show more
The Illustrated Compendium of Weirdly Specific Words by Tyler Vendetti; Rebecca Pry (Illustrator)
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Category: Dictionaries | Series: Illustrated Compendium Ser.
The Illustrated Compendium of Weirdly Specific Words is an illustrated dictionary of the 300+ most specific words in the English language, along with their definitions, roots, and (hilarious) usage quotes! Have you ever been lying in your bed, surrounded by crumbs and wrappers, feasting on your fifth p ...Show more
The Kanji Dictionary by Wolfgang Hadamitzky, Mark Spahn
$69.99 AUD
Category: Dictionaries
Employs a multiple-reference compound system in which every kanji compound is listed under each of its component characters. Includes 47,000-plus of the most common and important terms and expressions currently used as well as newly coined terms, particularly those in new technical fields. Also con
The New Penguin Russian Course - A complete course for beginners by Nicholas J Brown
$39.99 AUD
Category: Dictionaries | Reading Level: good
The Penguin Rhyming Dictionary by Rosalind Fergusson
$19.99 AUD
Category: Dictionaries | Series: Dictionary, Penguin Ser.
An indispensable companion for poets, songwriters and any composer of verse offering an impressively wide range of both common and obscure rhyming words.
The Pronoun Lowdown: Demystifying and Celebrating Gender Diversity by Nevo Zisin
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Category: Dictionaries
We find ourselves at an exciting moment in history. For the first time, trans and gender diverse people are being seen and heard. Thanks to tireless activism, and an increased visibility worldwide, these lived experiences (the joyful, and the painful) are no longer able to be ignored. And so, The Pronou ...Show more
The Raupo Concise Māori Dictionary by A. W. Reed; Timoti Karetu (Revised by); Ross Calman (Revised by)
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Category: Dictionaries
The Raupo Concise Māori Dictionary is an invaluable reference work, providing an essential list of words and their equivalents in Māori and English. First published in 1948, the dictionary has been revised and updated numerous times since, giving testimony to its ongoing reliability as a reference guid ...Show more