The Dictionary of Difficult Words

Jane Solomon, Louise Lockhart

The Dictionary of Difficult Words
  • Format
    Hardback
  • Publisher
    Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
  • Country
    United Kingdom
  • Published
    2 May 2019
  • Pages
    112
  • ISBN
    9781786038104

The Dictionary of Difficult Words

Jane Solomon, Louise Lockhart

What is a bumbershoot? Or a moonbow? And what does it mean when someone absquatulates?   

Find out all this and more in the Dictionary of Difficult Words. Test your knowledge with more than 400 words to amaze, confuse and inspire budding wordsmiths (and adults). All of the words featured in this book are difficult to spell, hard to say and their meanings are obscure to most children (and most adults)!

Written with simple, easy-to-understand definitions by lexicographer Jane Solomon, this dictionary celebrates the beauty of the English language for family trivia time spent around the printed page.
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