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Loading... Mrs. Byrne's Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure, and Preposterous Words:…by Josefa Heifetz Byrne
None. It is unusual to find a dictionary with the holding power to keep you reading and laughing for hours, but that's what this will do. I found the "nomancies" enough of a motivation to keep reading, and once took on the personal challenge of finding an excuse to use cephalonomancy in a sentence. Not surprisingly it was in an economics discussion that I found a window of opportunity. Highly recommended for the word freak in you. (  ) JacksonArthur | Mar 31, 2013 |  longest word in the English language, and other cool words. A must for Scrabble. ( ) stunik | May 28, 2009 | hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian, (hip-o-pot-e-mon-stroses-kwi-pe-da-li-en), adj. pertaining to a very, very long word. (  ) Porius | Oct 27, 2008 | Here at last is a REAL dictionary for those of us who have a taste for those beautiful obscure words. English majors, crossword lovers, trivia freaks, or just those that have a LOVE for the written word will pass many an amused hour rifling through the pages of this wonderful lexicon. HIGHLY recommended. ( )4  PandorasRequiem | Dec 29, 2006 | no reviews | add a review
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