The seed for this book was planted four years ago. I was reading Bill Bryson's Mother Tongue and among its countless treasures I discovered a word (which you will learn in due course) whose unfashionably flaccid meaning quite tranfixed me: "a mild desire, a wish or urge too slight to lead to action."
Endangered Words: A Collection of Rare Gems for Book Lovers ~ by Simon Hertnon, 2009, vocabulary, 224 pages
Hertnon provides one hundred hand-selected rarities, and breathes life into them with his lucid descriptions of their meaning and engaging examples of their usage. Thanks to Endangered Words, you no longer have to be at a loss for words or reach for the clichéd and commonplace. The English language is brimming with ambrosial alternatives, and this compendium offers the cream of the crop. Filled with words to be treasured for their elegant precision, Endangered Words is the perfect handbook for writers and an entertaining read for anyone with an appetite for the very brightest gems of the English language.
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