The Wordsworth Dictionary of Foreign Words in English (Paperback) by John Ayto

The Wordsworth Dictionary of Foreign Words in English (Paperback)

John Ayto

325 pages first pub 1991 (editions)

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This browser’s paradise takes the reader behind the literal translations of foreign words to explain their real meanings. Such words as schadenfreude are not idle affectations, but fill gaps in the canon of English usage, while French words provid...

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