![]() Chambers dictionary amazon code#It's just understandable, rather than written in code :) But it's still a "real" dictionary, with nearly 1,300 pages and over 30,000 words. My impetus to buy the book was two children who are always asking me about words, and after one too many "I don't know" answers, I decided to find an etymological dictionary, and this one is perfect for giving me answers that are easy to quickly understand and explain, rather than answers that require either memorizing all the standardized abbreviations, or flipping back and forth between multiple pages in order to understand what it's saying. This one instead is far more legible and approachable, listing the word, pronunciation, a short definition, and then a sentence or two of background. Some etymology dictionaries will skip the definition of a word, then go straight into a list of 5-30 standardized abbreviations to "explain" what's happening in the word, and then a phrase or two. This is the perfect etymology dictionary for most of us who are wondering about word background. Having to learn abbbreviations is no objection : it takes a mere second or two, and the result only better prepare one for more rewarding refernec text usage. Partridge outstrips Chambers at every turn. Now I wish I had gone for something else, the Oxford, for example. ![]() On the whole, I have found the much slighter book by Eric Partridge, "Origins:A Short Etymological Dictionery of the Modern English" to be far deeper, richer, more suggestive of pockets of sense, than any other I have used so far. Where are the Greek and Latin derivatives? Why is there no folksy, learned fancy to touch a pertinent phrase.Īt times this book provides, through its discussion like text, a tidbit or two that was of help. ![]() But, it stops far short of intriguing threads of sense that are crucial for seious research. The best thing is the prose style which is readable and invites easy access. But after using the book through a month of extensive etymological research, I find that the resource is much too thin, although the book is thick with 25,000 entries. I read the other submitted reviews and felt encouraged. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice.Chambers Dictionary of Etymology is not a purchase I am glad to have made. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. ![]() We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. ![]()
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