A Winter Dictionary - Couverture souple

Jones, Paul Anthony

 
9781783969067: A Winter Dictionary
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1783969067 ISBN 13 : 9781783969067
Editeur : Elliott & Thompson Limited, 2025

Synopsis

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‘Paul Anthony Jones introduces a long-lost winter vocabulary to warm the coldest of hearts’ Country Life

As the nights draw in and the cold descends, the winter world emerges – and with it an incredible array of words that superbly capture the season.

From frost-dogs (tiny frozen particles of falling snow) and Stepmother’s breath (a sudden cold snap) to hibernaculum (a winter refuge during the winter months) and crapulent (feeling the aftereffects of overindulgence), Paul Anthony Jones delves into the origins of these rare, fascinating and forgotten words, opening up a whole new way of describing the winter months.

Whether you’re keeping cosy in front of the fire, warding off the winter blues or throwing yourself into the party season, A Winter Dictionary is the perfect way to while away the snow-laden days.

‘Every word you might ever need to describe the chibbly (crisp with frost) days of the colder months’ Country Walking

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À propos de l?auteur

Paul Anthony Jones is the author of several books on trivia and language including The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities, The Accidental Dictionary, Word Drops, The British Isles: A Trivia Gazetteer, Haggard Hawks & Paltry Poltroons and its sequel, Jedburgh Justice & Kentish Fire. He appears regularly in the Telegraph online, BBC Radio 4's World at One, Buzzfeed, the Huffington Post and Mental Floss, and has contributed to the Guardian, Independent and Oxford and Cambridge dictionaries online. He also runs @HaggardHawks, the hugely popular language-based Twitter account and YouTube channel. He lives in Newcastle upon Tyne.

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Éditeur
Elliott & Thompson Limited
Date d'édition
2025
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1783969067
ISBN 13 
9781783969067
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
224
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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Hamburg
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