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Subject Source: Sackner Database

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The Disheveled Dictionary: A Curious Caper through Our Sumptuous Lexicon / Gordon, Karen Elizabeth., 2003

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Identifier: CC-49310-70352
Scope and Contents

This book compiles mostly archaic words and their definition along with selected illustrations, e.g., 'callipygian' meaning having beautifully proportioned buttocks, 'orotund' meaning pompous and bombastic. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2003