Mrs. Byrne's Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure, and Preposterous Words (Record no. 225501)
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082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
Classification number | 423 |
Item number | MRS.M |
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | Byrne,Josefa Heifetz |
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | Mrs. Byrne's Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure, and Preposterous Words |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. | LONDON |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Lyle Stuart |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1979 |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | 242p. |
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
General note | First it must be known that all 6000 weird words lovingly compiled by Mrs. Byrne are "real" English words, legitimized by at least one major dictionary. That said, the inclusions are delightfully ludicrous, unfailingly obscure and often sadly missing from common parlance. The English language seems the poorer without "furfuraceous" (covered with dandruff), "omphaloskepsis" (meditation while gazing at one's navel) or "blabagogy" (a criminal environment). It's the most addictively interesting dictionary imaginable. |
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
Koha item type | Book |
Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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Reference | Campus Library Kariavattom | Campus Library Kariavattom | Processing Center | 13/10/2021 | 423 MRS.M | UCL02058 | 13/10/2021 | 13/10/2021 | Book |