Dictionary of the Strange, Epic, and Beautiful: The Big Book of Cool Words

By Robin Devoe

Dictionary of the Strange, Epic, and Beautiful is a compilation of three previous dictionaries: Dictionary of the Strange, Curious, and Lovely ; Epic English Words ; and Dictionary of the Rare, Creative, and Beautiful Part dictionary and part carefully curated encyclopedia, this book offers a window into the breadth and depth of human experience and imagination, showcasing words with unique histories and meaning, or beauty of sound or appearance; other words are esoteric and deep - or strange and fascinating. Some categories of words, names, and terms are: Placenames ( Pillars of Hercules, Arabia Felix, Doon Edin, Mare Tenebrosum & Riphean Mountains ); Zoology ( quill pig , pink fairy armadillo & frantling ); Astronomy ( Eddington luminosity , Venusian , Silurian hypothesis , Jovian trojans & Kreutz sungrazers ); Geopolitics ( Perfidious Albion & Baltoscandia ); History ( Sahelian kingdoms, sunlit uplands & Groom of the Stool ); Geometry ( Penrose stairs & Villarceau circles ); Anatomy ( brain sand & frenulum ); Archeology ( Oldenburg Horn & Nebra sky disc ). Plus nautical, poetic, and literary terms like: brave west winds & naufragous ; person from Porlock & the cavalier poets ; the Lost Generation & Erewhonian . Also select slang words, such as: tactical chunder , snoutfair , molly wop , ghostshipping & grundle . And interesting phrases like: bring owls to Athens ; et in Arcadia ego ; happy as a box of birds; dolce far niente ; and up the wooden hills to Bedfordshire .

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0DFWG9WXY
• ISBN13: 9798325958212
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 517 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 1.3" x 5.0"