The Lexicon: A Cornucopia of Wonderful Words for the Inquisitive Word Lover - Softcover

Buckley Jr. Jr., William F

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0156006162 ISBN 13: 9780156006163

Publisher: Harper Paperbacks, 1998

Synopsis

Have you ever tried to decoct what you read in the newspapers? Do you wish to Procrusteanize your office mates? Do acidulous comments make you blush? Do you wish to adumbrate your desires to a meticulist? If so -- and if you have searched for the proper way to express these feelings in your language, then this handy pocket word guide is all you need to do so. William F. Buckley, Jr., has long been famed for his addiction to and marvelous skill with words of all kinds. Nowhe has put together a collection of his own personal favorites -- words he uses with probity and largesse. With just this volume you, too, will be able to sprinkle your own sentences with the best of good English. Amusingly illustrated in black-and-white by master cartoonist Arnold Roth, "The Lexicon" will prove to be, not arcana for the dilettante, but fecundity for the well-rounded reader.

About this title

About the Author:

William F. Buckley Jr. is the founder of National Review and was the host of what was television's longest-running program, Firing Line. He was recently awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The author of thirteen other novels, including Spytime and Nuremberg: The Reckoning, he lives in Connecticut.

Synopsis:

An informative guide for the word lover provides a series of unique words and their definitions.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0156006162
• ISBN 13: 9780156006163
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176