Dictionary of Word Origins - Hardcover

Joseph T Shipley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8170494621 ISBN 13: 9788170494621

Publisher: Manas Publications, 2013

Synopsis

This fascinating, authoritative reference dictionary supplies the answers to hundreds of questions about the derivations of words we use everyday. The reader can follow a word thru its many lives, tracing it from its earliest known use to its current meaning. Dr Shipley presents a wealth of anecdotal material in a lively style guaranteed to give hours of entertainment as well as sound scholastic information.

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About the Author

Joseph Twadell Shipley is the author of the highly acclaimed In Praise of English as well as twenty-six other books, including The Quest for Literature, Dictionary of Word Origins, and Dictionary of Early English. In a long and distinguished career he was president of the New York Drama Critics Circle, was a founder of Yeshiva College, and taught at the City College of New York.

Edition details

• Publisher: Manas Publications
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8170494621
• ISBN 13: 9788170494621
• Binding: Hardcover