The Bibliophile Dictionary

Originally published in 1904, this is a combination of Biographical and Bibliographical Dictionary based on the following principles: First - A brief biographical notice of every important author known in literary history; Second - A bibliographical notice of his principal or best-known works.

A Book Lover's Dictionary of Masterful Words and Phrases &break;&break;How would you feel if someone called you temerarious? What about ? &break;&break;Puerile? &break;Gormless? &break;Pusillanimous? &break;Irenic? &break;Sesquipedalian? &break;Munificent? &break;Insouciant? &break;Lachrymose? &break;Obdurate? &break;Sedulous? &break;Captious? &break;Irascible? &break;Obstreperous? &break;Truculent? &break;Ineluctable? &break;&break;Now you can easily find out what each of these words mean, and see examples of how they've been used by famous and infamous authors. &break;&break;The Bibliophile's Dictionary is an exceptional collection of unusual words and phrases, usefully organized into specific categories such as personality traits, religion, myths, and mysticism, and household objects. Each word has a definition, a phonetic pronunciation, and an example of how the word is used in literature. &break;&break;Enhance your own vocabulary by learning from the great minds of writers.

This edition adds more than 700 new entries and many new illustrations; corrects and brings up to date the entries of the work of others; and brings the vocabulary and theory of bookselling and collecting into the modern commercial and academic world, which has been forced to adjust to a new reality thanks to worldwide medical and economic concerns

​What is a bumbershoot? Or a moonbow? And what does it mean when someone absquatulates...? Find out all this and more in The Dictionary of Difficult Words. Test your knowledge with more than 400 words to amaze, confuse, and inspire budding wordsmiths (and adults). All of the words featured in this book are difficult to spell, hard to say, and their meanings are obscure to most children (and most adults)! Written with simple, easy-to-understand definitions by lexicographer Jane Solomon, this dictionary celebrates the beauty of the English language for family trivia time spent around the printed page.