Cassell's Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases - Softcover

Room, Adrian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0304357669 ISBN 13: 9780304357666

Publisher: Orion, 2002

Synopsis

The English language is packed with imported words and phrases from languages ancient and modern and CASSELL'S FOREIGN WORDS AND PHRASES is an engrossing guide. This book goes far beyond the partial coverage of conventional dictionaries and includes a vast range of everyday vocabulary, specialist terms and famous tags and mottos. Each entry is defined and dated with details of derivation and pronunciation.

About this title

Book Description:

A fascinating and useful guide to foreign words and phrases in the English language.

About the Author:

Adrian Room is the author of over 50 popular reference books, mainly on the origins of words. He is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a member of the English Place-Name Society and the American Name Society. His work for Cassell includes CASSELL'S DICTIONARY OF FIRST NAMES, CASSELL'S DICTIONARY OF WORD HISTORIES, BREWER'S DICTIONARY OF PHRASE AND FABLE and other titles in the Brewer's series.

About this edition

• Publisher: Orion
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0304357669
• ISBN 13: 9780304357666
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416