Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment For Every Day of the Year by Susie Dent

Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment For Every Day of the Year

Susie Dent

445 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history reference funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
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Welcome to a year of wonder with Susie Dent, lexicographer, logophile, and longtime queen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner.From the real Jack the Lad to the theatrically literal story behind stealing someone's thunder, from tartle (forgetting some...

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