num_pages: 429
description: Esteemed poet, translator, critic, and author of children's books, JohnCiardi devoted a good part of his later literary career to the "wordrambles" that, collected in his Browser's Dictionaries, take uson a wonderfully winding path through the landscape of language. Histhree compendiums of curious expressions and intriguing facts areenlivened by a reader's inquisitiveness and a writer's ingenuity. Inthese pages you'll discover the bitter herb at the root of sardonic, theBiblical fly in the ointment, what provides the pleasure in happy as aclam, and hundreds of other insights into our linguistic heritage. Alsoavailable in Common Reader Editions : A Second Browser'sDictionary and A Third Browser's Dictionary.
language: English
title: A Browser's Dictionary
titlecomplete: A Browser's Dictionary
genres: Dictionaries, Reference, Nonfiction, Language
ratings_count: 37
publisher: HarperCollins