Jane Solomon - The Dictionary of Difficult Words: with More Than 400 Perplexing Words to Test Your Wits!
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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 meaning is 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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Words are wonderful! Without words, we wouldn't be able to share all our ideas with the people around us. That's why we've put together a dictionary that will take you on a journey through some of the most brilliant and surprising words in the English language.
A dictionary is a collection of words and their meanings. Sometimes dictionaries are books you can hold, like this book, and sometimes they're digital. Dictionaries are written by LEXICOGRAPHERS (shown ). Lexicographers study how people use language, and then write down what they learn in dictionaries.
You'll find many different types of words in this dictionary. The longest words are SPAGHETTIFICATION (shown .
There is no right way to read this book. Here are just a few ideas, but feel free to come up with your own favourite way of reading The Dictionary of Difficult Words.
1. You can read it straight through from A to Z.
2. You can read it backwards from Z to A.
3. You can read one letter of the alphabet at a time.
4. You can read it out loud with loved ones.
5. You can read it silently by yourself.
6. You can look at the pictures and not read the words.
7. You can open up to a random page, close your eyes, put your finger down, and then read what you're pointing at.
8. You can read a word out loud and then let someone guess what the definition is.
9. You can read it in the dark with a torch.
10. You can read it to learn new things, or you can read it just for fun.
Look out for the clouds around some of our favourite definitions. You can find extra information about the word in a cloud, along with a big illustration, on a nearby page.
A word's part of speech gives you information about how it's used in a sentence. The definitions in this book have one of these three parts of speech:
noun
A noun is a word used to talk about a person, place, thing or idea. Sister, park and love are all nouns.
adjective
An adjective is a word used to describe nouns and to give extra information about someone or something. Big, grey and smart are all adjectives.
verb
A verb is a word used to talk about actions. Jump, learn and look are all verbs.
Sometimes we can find clues about a word's meaning if we look at how it's spelled.
If a word ends with -ology, it's about something you study (see ).
If a word ends in -phile, it's about a person who loves something (see ).
If a word ends in -ous, it's probably an adjective (see ).
If a word has -graph in it, it's often about writing (see ).
If a word ends in -ism, it's probably a noun (see ).
If you're a big reader, you often learn new words from books. You might know a word's meaning, but when it comes to saying it, you have no idea how to pronounce it. This happens to people of all ages, so you're not alone. Many of the words in this book are hard to say. English rules can be extremely confusing. For instance, the letter X can sometimes be pronounced like Z, and -ough can be said in many different ways in English, like in the words cough, dough and through. Luckily, there is a handy pronunciation guide underneath each word to help you work out how to say it.
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[ey-bee-see-dair-ree-uhn] noun
An abecedarian is someone who is learning the alphabet or who is a beginner in any subject.
[uhb-skwoch-uh-leyt] verb
When someone absquatulates, they leave a place very quickly and without warning. People use this word when they want to be funny.
[es-thet-ik] noun
When someone uses the word aesthetic, they are talking about what makes something beautiful to them. People often use this word when they're talking about art.
[af-uh-buhl] adjective
Someone who is affable is friendly and fun to talk to.
[ahy-lyoor-ruh-fahyl] noun
An ailurophile is someone who loves cats.
[ey-lee-uh-neyt] verb
If you alienate someone, you make them feel sad and like they are all alone.
[uh-loof] adjective
When someone is aloof, they are not very friendly or easy to talk to.
[am-bi-dek-struhs] adjective
When someone is ambidextrous, they can use both their right and left hands to write or draw.
[am-biv-uh-luhnt] adjective
When you are ambivalent about something, you feel two very different ways about it at the same time.
[uh-nak-ruh-ni-Zuhm] noun
An anachronism is something that doesn't fit into its surroundings because it belongs to a different time or era. Sometimes things that are old-fashioned are called anachronisms.
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