The highly selective dictionary of golden adjectives for the extraordinarily literate
By: Eugene Ehrlich.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperResource
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
Subjects: English language -- Adjective -- Dictionaries; English language -- Usage -- Dictionaries
Genres: Dictionaries.
Description: Readers, writers, wordsmiths, verbivores, and logophiles will    delight in the clutter-free pages of The Highly Selective Dictionary for the   Extraordinarily Literate from renowned lexicographer and author Eugene Ehrlich.Forgoing everyday English words and their definitions, The Highly Selective Dictionary presents only the most interesting words and their concise definitions, and includes short discussions for words most often confused and  misused by today's speakers and writers.

More than 3,500 of the most affecting, engaging, and engrossing  words, from abecedarian to zucchetto - complete with pronunciation guides -    make this a book you can dip in and out of, with serendipitous results every   time.