Cassell's Foreign Words and Phrases (Cassell Reference)
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Product Description
The English language is packed with imported words and phrases from languages ancient and modern and CASSELL'S FOREIGN WORDS AND PHRASES is an engrossing guide. This book goes far beyond the partial coverage of conventional dictionaries and includes a vast range of everyday vocabulary, specialist terms and famous tags and mottos. Each entry is defined and dated with details of derivation and pronunciation.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #2570005 in Books
- Published on: 2002-08-08
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 416 pages
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About the Author
Adrian Room is the author of over 50 popular reference books, mainly on the origins of words. He is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a member of the English Place-Name Society and the American Name Society. His work for Cassell includes CASSELL'S DICTIONARY OF FIRST NAMES, CASSELL'S DICTIONARY OF WORD HISTORIES, BREWER'S DICTIONARY OF PHRASE AND FABLE and other titles in the Brewer's series.
