Author: Robert HendricksonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 772
Book Description
A tracing of the sometimes bizarre and always fascinating origins and development of over 9000 words and phrases.
QPB Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins
Author: Robert HendricksonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 772
Book Description
A tracing of the sometimes bizarre and always fascinating origins and development of over 9000 words and phrases.
Word & Phrase Origins
Author: Robert HendricksonPublisher:
ISBN: 9788130901244
Category : Proverbs
Languages : en
Pages : 822
Book Description
The Facts on File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins
Author: Robert HendricksonPublisher: Facts on File
ISBN: 9780816048137
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 822
Book Description
Updated and expanded, The Facts On File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins, Third Edition features definitions and origins of more than 12,500 words and expressions, making it the most comprehensive single-volume reference of its kind. This collection traces the development of slang words, proverbs, animal and plant names, place-names, nicknames, historical expressions, foreign-language expressions, and phrases from literature. With approximately 3,500 new entries, ranging from "Axis of Evil" to "Zoot Suit Riots," this comprehensive and authoritative encyclopedia engages word lovers and researchers and serves as an invaluable reference tool for all students of language and literature.
The Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins
Author: Robert HendricksonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780333460894
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 581
Book Description
QPB Word and Phrase Origins
Author: Robert HendricksonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781607512356
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 948
Book Description
An alphabetically arranged reference contains the definitions and origins of more than 15,000 words and expressions, including slang words, proverbs, nicknames, and phrases from literature.
Encyclopedia Of Word And Phrase Origins, 3/E
Author: Robert HendricksonPublisher:
ISBN: 9788130908052
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Updated and expanded, the Encyclopedia of Word and Pharse Origins, Third Edition, features definitions and origins of more than 12,500 words and expressions, making it the most comprehensive single-volume reference of its kind. This collection traces the development of slang words, proverbs, animal and plant names, place-names, nicknames, historical expressions, foreign-language expressions, and phrases from literature. With approximately 3,500 new entries, ranging from Axis of Evil to Zoot Suit Riots, this comprehensive and authoritative encyclopedia engages word lovers and researchers and serves as an invaluable reference tool for all students of language and literature.
The Henry Holt Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins
Author: Robert HendricksonPublisher: Owl Books
ISBN: 9780805012514
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 581
Book Description
Traces the history of more than seven thousand English words, expressions, and sayings
Word and Phrase Origins
Author: Robert HendricksonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780816010127
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins
Author: William MorrisPublisher: New York, Harper, 1962- .
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Arranged in alphabetical order for handy reference, this book contains more than 3,000 everyday words and expressions. It tells where these comes from, and what they really mean. (Publisher).
Author: William Morris