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The words in this lexicon are truly fun, they are lovely and whimsical. Musical words. Mystical words. A great read for writers or those just looking to expand their vocabulary. I like the layout of it but i wish they would a sample of word usage to g... Read More
It's a surprisingly good read for a dictionary, and fittingly described in its title- strange, curious & lovely. This book has the craziest words in it. Lovingly put together and full of surprises.
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The xenoglossy of the authors sprachgefuhl takes the reader the very drake of language yet provides us as well with the dragoma... Read More
A beautiful book selfevidently the product of many years of careful accumulation of words the author loves
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lovely, curious, great, english and new. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
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- This product had a total of 811 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 29 2022.
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Includes kakistocracy overweening pessimal reiver scapegrace stericulius unberufen wondermonger and most especially zabernism all relevant today
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Page after page offer words that suggest worlds that open a window into the minds of the humans that came up with these notions and that leave you amazed at the sheer breadth specificity and oddity of language when was the last time you heard someone mention petrichor the smell of earth after rain or kirkbuzzer someone who robs churches or perhaps goobermensch someone who thinks they are an ubermensch but clearly are not
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If you are curious about ideas conversation and the human experience this is an amusing distracting and eyeopening read
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It would have helped to have the pages numbered
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Grok and waldo were credited their author heinlein but droogs is from a clockwork orange by anthony burgess author unmentioned
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Some of the words are not english but from languages within or near the former british empire
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Words that seem trange or curious or lovely as the title says
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Any page you open is full of word intrigue
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