{"product_id":"epic-english-words-dictionary-of-beauty-interest-and-wonder-9798472247566","title":"Epic English Words: Dictionary of Beauty, Interest, and Wonder","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Wonderful Book to Explore Beautiful and Interesting Words!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA curated list of beautiful and often obscure words, but also interesting names from mythology, geography, poetry, literature, music, history, and more. \u003cb\u003eA unique book -- the perfect gift for writers, poets, and word lovers!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnusual and interesting vocabulary\u003c\/b\u003e, such as: moonglade, brontide, anagalactic, davening, nemorous, soulcraft, twitterlight, circumvolant, meeping, goetic, noetic, welkin, smokefall, cosmoplastic, esperance, soma, sweven, orison, omnishambles, pythonic, protogenic, obnubilate, hamadryad, mellisugent, numinous, nepenthe, noctivagant, sylvestral, subnivean, hemiboreal, and Arcadian.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlso creative place names (real \u0026amp; imaginary) and names from the arts \u0026amp; sciences, like: \u003c\/b\u003eAvalonia, Shambhala, Muspelheim, Asphodel Meadows, El Gordo, Aldebaran, parasqualodon, Prufrockian, Devonian, Alfheim, Pavlopetri, Baltis Vallis, Fiddler's Green, Mountains of the Moon, Elysian Fields, Bucephalus, Mongolian death worm, Hesperides, Albion, Ilium, Hibernia, and Drakensburg!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is part dictionary, part very portable, extremely selective, and curated \u003ci\u003eencyclopedia\u003c\/i\u003e. This book showcases words and terms that are all interesting for some reason. Some look or sound beautiful; some are strange in a creative way; some esoteric and deep. Many entries include etymologies and quotations from poetry, literature, etc. showing word usage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the many \u003ci\u003erecherché\u003c\/i\u003e vocabulary words, there are numerous entries from mythology, astronomy, geography, mathematics, zoology, poetry, and literature. Just a few humans are listed as entries (e.g., Finnish poet \u003ci\u003eRuneberg\u003c\/i\u003e and English astrologer \u003ci\u003eSepharial\u003c\/i\u003e). A liberal sprinkling of English's more elegant prefixes (such as: \u003ci\u003ecircum\u003c\/i\u003e-, \u003ci\u003ecosmo-, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eproto-, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eob-, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003epara-\u003c\/i\u003e) and suffixes (\u003ci\u003e-esque, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e-mancy, \u003c\/i\u003e -\u003ci\u003eescent\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e-ium, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e-genic\u003c\/i\u003e) are spread throughout this alphabetized volume. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhether purchased for yourself or an artistic and creative friend or relative, this book will be enjoyed by those who want to discover interesting and beautiful words that haunt the fringes of the English language! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50554572603666,"sku":"9798472247566","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_53e9f078-cdc4-4f9d-bd4b-6a7a9cc81710.jpg?v=1731720593","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/epic-english-words-dictionary-of-beauty-interest-and-wonder-9798472247566","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}