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This fascinating compendium is comprised of three parts. "Words and Their Meanings that Time Forgot" will delight anyone who is interested in the evolution, humor and eccentricity of the English language. "Adopted Words and Where They Came From" offers a rich selection of the hundreds of words that first originated other languages. "Endangered Words" collects terms that used to be commonplace, but are disappearing from today's English. Together, the book features over 3,000 surprising words.
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- Publication date2019
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