Full name: Mrs. Byrne's Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure, and Preposterous Words: Gathered from Numerous and Diverse Authoritative Sources

Author: Josefa Heifetz Byrne Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Amazon Goodreads ISBNs: 9780806504988 0806504986

A supplemental reference provides an offbeat source of unusual, obscure, and very legitimate English language terms, clearly and whimsically defined for the benefit of those needing "just the right word." Similar books: A dictionary of contemporary American usage by Bergen Evans American Slang by Robert L. Chapman A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English by Eric Partridge A Dictionary of American Idioms by Adam Makkai Dictionary of Word Origins by Joseph T. Shipley Origins by Eric Partridge The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable by Elizabeth Knowles Bernstein's Reverse Dictionary by Theodore M. Bernstein Oxford Dictionary of Euphemisms by R. W. Holder The Wordsworth Dictionary of Intriguing Words by Paul Hellweg Dictionary of Word and Phrase Orgins by William Morris Bryson's Dictionary for Writers and Editors by Bill Bryson Slang and Euphemism by Richard A. Spears 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose Descriptionary by Marc McCutcheon