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"Another word comes to the lexicographer, pleading for admittance to the dictionary." —Hans Steng.
Words Worth the Adventure of Discovery • By John Horlivy
Purpose
I look for words that strike me as somehow curious, odd, or puzzling; more sophisticated than colloquial; and seemingly expressive of more meaning and nuance than I have thus far been able to attach to them. These words tend to appear in Time, Newsweek,The New York Times, the New Yorker. Once I've got a word that has piqued my interest, I launch into perusals of my dictionaries and specialty word books, as well as of language sites on the grid, looking for adventures, adventures that lead to discoveries, discoveries which I then share with you in my postings. I hope you will enjoy the time you spend reading my adventures — J.C.H.
"Another word comes to the lexicographer, pleading for admittance to the dictionary." —Hans Steng.
Followers
Common Abbreviations:
AHD4 = American Heritage Dictionary, 4th Ed.
Brewer = Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Burchfield = The New Fowler's Modern English Usage, Third Ed, Ed. R.W. Burchfield
EB = Encyclopedia Britannica
Garner = Dictionary of Modern American Usage
Morris = Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins, Ed. William and Mary Morris
NOAD = New Oxford American Dictionary
OAWT = Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus
OED = Oxford English Dictionary
OLED = Online Etymology Dictionary
RUWH = Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
SOED = Shorter Oxford English Dictionary
WOD = Webster's Online Dictionary
WP = Wikipedia.com
WIII = Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
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