The dictionary of difficult words
Solomon, Jane2019
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What is a bumbleshoot? Or a moonbow? And what does it mean when someone absquatulates...? Find out all this and more in the Dictionary of Difficult Words. Test your knowledge with more than 500 words to amaze, confuse and inspire budding wordsmiths (and adults). All of the words featured in this book are difficult to spell, hard to say and their meaning is obscure to most children (and most adults!) Written with simple, easy-to-understand definitions by lexicographer Jane Solomon, this dictionary celebrates the beauty of the English language for family trivia time spent around the printed page.
Main title:
The dictionary of difficult words / [Jane Solomon ; illustrated by Louise Lockhart].
Author:
Imprint:
London : Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd, 2019.
Collation:
108 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm.
Notes:
"With more than 400 perplexing words to test your wits!" -- cover.
ISBN:
9781786038104
Dewey class:
423
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
358235
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Junior Non-Fiction Language & Literature | J 423 SOL | Available |