Dictionary of the Strange, Epic, and Beautiful: The Big Book of Cool Words

Dictionary of the Strange, Epic, and Beautiful is a compilation of three previous dictionaries:Dictionary of the Strange, Curious, and Lovely;Epic English Words; andDictionary of the Rare, Creative, and BeautifulPart dictionary and part carefully curated encyclopedia, this book offers a window into the breadth and depth of human experience and imagination, showcasing words with unique histories and meaning, or beauty of sound or appearance; other words are esoteric and deep – or strange and fascinating.Some categories of words, names, and terms are:Placenames (Pillars of Hercules, Arabia Felix, Doon Edin, Mare Tenebrosum & Riphean Mountains);Zoology (quill pig, pink fairy armadillo & frantling);Astronomy (Eddington luminosity, Venusian, Silurian hypothesis, Jovian trojans & Kreutz sungrazers);Geopolitics (Perfidious Albion & Baltoscandia);History (Sahelian kingdoms, sunlit uplands &Groom of the Stool);Geometry (Penrose stairs & Villarceau circles);Anatomy (brain sand & frenulum);Archeology (OldenburgHorn& Nebra sky disc).Plus nautical, poetic, and literary terms like:brave west winds & naufragous; person from Porlock & the cavalier poets; the Lost Generation &Erewhonian.Also select slang words, such as: tactical chunder, snoutfair, molly wop,ghostshipping &grundle.And interesting phrases like: bring owls to Athens;et in Arcadia ego; happy as a box of birds; dolce far niente; and up the wooden hills to Bedfordshire. Read more