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Lost Words
Philip Howard
其他書名
A Feast of Forgotten Words, Their Origins and Their Meanings
出版Robson Press, 2012
主題Humor / GeneralLanguage Arts & Disciplines / GeneralLanguage Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Etymology
ISBN18495437399781849543736
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=9NdHLgEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Philip Howard's legendary 'Lost Words' column has been appearing weekly in The Times newspaper for many years, regularly and wittily illuminating for readers on the meanings of some of the obscurer, more esoteric words the English language has to offer. This unique collection finally brings together the very best of Howard's columns. Only here can we learn the significance of words such as 'maritality'; 'charientism'; 'sardonian'; 'janiform' and 'faticidal' - words which enrich the English language and which would otherwise have been lost to it forever.