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A dictionary of the observable world features definition-first organization; passages from the writings of James, Updike, Chandler, and others; and words concerning shapes, textures, colors, terrain, structures, and more.
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Having previously assisted wordsmiths with his Random House Dictionary for Writers and Readers ( LJ 11/1/90), Grambs now focuses his attention on precision of description. His new work boasts more than 5000 entries not found in most thesauruses or dictionaries, the majority of them visually descriptive of the physical world and highly adjectival in form. Using reverse dictionary format, Grambs provides access by definitional phrases within the broad categories of "things," "earth and sky," "animals," and "people." Subdivisions (e.g., "heads," "eyes," "jaws," etc.) simplify the reader's search for the perfect word, but one can still spend ample time thumbing through such delights as the approximately 100 entries under "patterns and edges." Some suggested adjectives are questionable, such as vaccine for cow-like. Most verso pages contain examples of descriptive passages by well-known writers that are almost more helpful than the definitions themselves. Recommended for general collections.
- Cathy Sabol, Northern Virginia Community Coll., Manassas
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- PublisherW W Norton & Co Inc
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 0393033996
- ISBN 13 9780393033991
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages412
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