The Dictionary of Highly Unusual Words

by Irwin M. Berent

A guide for both language lovers and trivia buffs provides a treasury of palindromes, anagrams, strange word origins, and surprising definitions that give insight into the top ten worst-sounding words... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425156060
• ISBN13: 9780425156063
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Berkley Books
• Length: 171 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.2" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

Words unusual for their structure -- fascinating!

Some people don't appreciate the uniqueness of this book, which is fascinating because it presents hundreds of words that are unique for their structure. No other book does this. It points out words that are special, not because of their meanings, but because of the way their letters are arranged. This is the "Guiness Book" of words, for each word has some unusual characteristic. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in words for their own sake. Wonderful!