Word Drops: A Sprinkling Of Linguistic Curiosities - 9780826356567

From aardvark to zenzizenzizenzic, Word Drops collects a thousand obscure words and language facts in one fascinating chain of word associations. Word Drops also uses an intriguing series of annotations to add background and historical context on everything from Anglo-Saxon cures for insanity to Samuel Pepys's cure for a hangover.

• | By (Author): Paul Anthony Jones
• | Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 01, 2016
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 216 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0826356567
• | ISBN-13: 9780826356567