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Weird and wonderful words

2002
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Compiled by the senior editor of the US Dictionaries Program and illustrated by New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast, this hilarious book contains hundreds of colourful, quirky and unusual words that are matched to Chast's cartoons. It also explains how to make up your own words correctly rooted in Greek and Latin.
Main title:
Weird and wonderful words / compiled by Erin McKean ; illustrated by Roz Chast.
Imprint:
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Collation:
144 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780195159059 (hbk)
Dewey class:
423.1
Language:
English
BRN:
287764
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