The Lexicon: A Cornucopia of Wonderful Words for the Inquisitive Word Lover
William F. Buckley Jr.
176 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0156006162
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Language: English
Publish: October 15, 1998
This boon to logophiles, culled from Buckley: The Right Word, presents the author’s most erudite, outré, and interesting words – from prehensile and sciolist to rubric and histrionic – complete with definitions, examples, and usage notes. Introduction by Jesse Sheidlower; illustrations by Arnold Roth.