Brewer's Concise Dictionary of Phrase and Fable by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer

Brewer's Concise Dictionary of Phrase and Fable by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer

The first concise format edition of a classic reference work, this contains over 15,000 entries which give the meanings and origin of words, phrases and proper names not covered in conventional dictionaries. The majority of entries provide the history of phrases - from auld lang syne to ZIP code - an account of figures in myth and history - from Abdalla and Alberick to Zephyr and Zuleika - or outline the significance of historic terms in religion, magic, philosophy, literature, geography, mathematics and the sciences - from abracadabra, Albion and Avatar to Zen, Zodiac and zombie. In addition the dictionary includes a miscellany of knowledge - lists of the traditional cries of animals, lists of dwarfs and giants in myth and history, of patron saints, of wedding anniversaries; a glossary of terms in heraldry and an account of how to play Nine Men's Morris.

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ISBN 13	9780091779634
ISBN 10	0091779634
Titre	Brewer's Concise Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Auteur	Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
État	Non disponible
Type de reliure	Paperback
Éditeur	Helicon
Année de publication	1993-05-27
Nombre de pages	1118
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