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Betrumped: The Surprising History of 3000 Long-Lost, Exotic and Endangered Words by Edward Allhusen

Betrumped: The Surprising History of 3000 Long-Lost, Exotic and Endangered Words by Edward Allhusen

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This fascinating compendium is comprised of three parts. 'Words and Their Meanings that Time Forgot' will delight anyone who is interested in the evolution, humor and eccentricity of the English language. 'Adopted Words and Where They Came From' offers a rich selection of the hundreds of words that first originated other languages. 'Endangered Words' collects terms that used to be commonplace, but are disappearing from today's English. Together, the book features over 3,000 surprising words.

Publisher: Amberley Publishing
Publication date: 2019-07-01
Pages: 352
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781445678672-LN
Dimensions: 196.0 x 127.0 x 27.0 mm
Weight: 0.386 kg View full details