Words We Don't Use (Much Anymore)

The Meaning of Words And Where They Come From

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Linguistics
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Author: Diarmaid Ó Muirithe ISBN: 9780717151837
Publisher: Gill Books Publication: September 9, 2011
Imprint: Gill Books Language: English
Author: Diarmaid Ó Muirithe
ISBN: 9780717151837
Publisher: Gill Books
Publication: September 9, 2011
Imprint: Gill Books
Language: English

Diarmaid O Muirithe's column Words We Use was a feature of The Irish Times over many years and has formed a critically acclaimed book of the same name. Words We Don't Use (much anymore) is a highly entertaining compendium of words which are either on the brink of extinction or have already been deemed obsolete by the great dictionaries.

O’ Muirithe's gentle and witty style reveals his vast knowledge and scholarship in an accessible way. Inside you will find words such as manable, meaning a girl of marriageable age, and adamite, a person who appears nude in public, among many others that you might want to casually drop into your everyday conversation! Words We Don't Use is a wordsmith's delight

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Diarmaid O Muirithe's column Words We Use was a feature of The Irish Times over many years and has formed a critically acclaimed book of the same name. Words We Don't Use (much anymore) is a highly entertaining compendium of words which are either on the brink of extinction or have already been deemed obsolete by the great dictionaries.

O’ Muirithe's gentle and witty style reveals his vast knowledge and scholarship in an accessible way. Inside you will find words such as manable, meaning a girl of marriageable age, and adamite, a person who appears nude in public, among many others that you might want to casually drop into your everyday conversation! Words We Don't Use is a wordsmith's delight

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