Beautiful Words: A Dictionary (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781477529089)

Do you love words? Do you enjoy discovering new and beautiful ways to express yourself? If so, you will love this dictionary of beautiful words. This dictionary contains over 1200 words that are carefully selected for their aesthetic appeal, poetic potential, and linguistic richness. You will find words from different languages, cultures, and fields of knowledge, each with a clear definition and an example sentence. Whether you are a writer, a speaker, a reader, or a lover of words, this dictionary will inspire you and expand your vocabulary. Order your copy today and start exploring the beauty of words.

As English has evolved over the past 1,500 years, words that were once in common usage have slipped out of usage. Some are delightful, others not so much. This book blows the dust off over a thousand delightful words, bringing them to a whole new audience. If you enjoy words for their own sake, or if you are at all curious about how people talked and wrote when the world was a quite different place, then this book is for you.

The perfect gift for those who love words.Ever since it emerged as a distinct language from the West Germanic dialect spoken by early arrivals to what is now called England around the 5th Century C.E, English has busily absorbed many thousands of words from Ancient Greek, Roman Latin, the Northern Germanic languages of Scandinavia, the French spoken in Normandy, and more recently from countries that were once part of the British Empire (for example India).

Most recently, American English has contributed many words to colourfully describe the modern world. The Oxford English Dictionary in 2021 lists over 600,000 words, and that does not include many more technical and slang words. Use this book like a hungry person might approach a delicious buffet lunch. It deserves to be consumed slowly, savouring the flavours and giving them time to be properly digested.

Author: David Tuffley
ISBN-10: 147752908X
ISBN-13: 9781477529089
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 05/22/2012
Pages: 74
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.23lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.18d