Poplollies and Bellibones: A Celebration of Lost Words

by Susan Kelz Sperling

Book Overview

gems from English, including derivations. fifty illustrations; a treasure trove for word lovers This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0517530791
• ISBN13: 9780517530795
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
• Length: 113 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

For lovers of the origin of English words, a must read!

Who knew that the original word for "freckles" was "murfles?" And do you know why a pretty girl was called a "bellibone?" If you love words and their origins, this book is a gem! My copy got tossed out in a move years ago, yet I still can recall many "obsolete" words (the comical illustrations help)! Sometimes the obsolete definition makes more sense than the modern. For instance, doesn't "flutterby" make more sense than "butterfly?"