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DICTIONARY OF DIFFICULT WORDS - Hardback Book

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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 meanings are obscure to most children (and most adults)! You can master them with the simple, easy-to-understand definitions and pronunciations written by lexicographer (yes, that's in there too!) Jane Solomon. Fun, colourful illustrations add whimsy to the pages.

Some jobbernowls say dictionaries are anachronistic, or even obsolete, but it's kenspeckle to real bibliophiles that those vociferous ninnyhammers are just metagrobolised by the plethora of portmanteaus, neologisms and jargon they offer. Next time you find yourself wrangling with one of these ultracrepidarians, no need to imagineer a sockdolager: just show them this book.

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Customer Reviews (4.8 / 5 · 14 reviews)

Emma I. ★★★★★

My kid picked it up for the funny cover and now we’re all arguing over what absquatulate means at dinner. The 400+ entries keep us busy for ages, and the hardback feels sturdy enough for constant flipping.

Victoria ★★★★★

I’m a grown adult and I’ve already learned nine new words from this, including “absquatulate” (it means to sneak away). The hardback cover feels sturdy enough for coffee-table duty, and flipping through the 400 entries is oddly relaxing.

Steven T. ★★★★★

My kids keep grabbing this off the shelf to stump each other with words like absquatulate, and the hardback cover has already survived a few drops without a crease. The 400-plus entries give us something new to laugh about every night.