Words on Words : : A Dictionary for Writers and Others Who Care About Words / / John B. Bremner.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: Bremner, John B.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1980]; ©1980
• Year of Publication: 1980
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Introduction --; Dictionary --; A --; B --; C --; D --; E --; F --; G --; H --; I --; J --; K --; L --; M --; N --; O --; P --; Q --; R --; S --; T --; U --; V --; W --; X --; Y --; Z
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231899833; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/brem94670
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: John B. Bremner.

Examines words with their historical and etymological associations. Also presents comments on good and bad writing, some verbal gamesmanship, and excursions into mythology and literary allusion.