Word histories and mysteries : from abracadabra to Zeus / from the editors of the American Heritage dictionaries.

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., c2004.Description: xvi, 348 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:

0618454500 (pbk.)

Uniform titles:

American Heritage dictionary.

Subject(s):

English language -- Etymology -- Dictionaries

LOC classification:

PE1580 .W665 2004

Summary: The articles, averaging half a page, though based on current scholarship, are themselves casual reading. The selection is so small that readers looking for a specific word are more likely to find some other word with a story that will interest and often delight them instead. Pronunciations are not indicated, either for the main listing or for the g

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The articles, averaging half a page, though based on current scholarship, are themselves casual reading. The selection is so small that readers looking for a specific word are more likely to find some other word with a story that will interest and often delight them instead. Pronunciations are not indicated, either for the main listing or for the g

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Word histories and mysteries : from abracadabra to Zeus / from the editors of the American Heritage dictionaries.

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