Concise Dictionry Engl Etymology(t

by Walter W. Skeat

Book Overview

Walter Skeat (1835-1912) was one of the greatest investigators of the roots of the English language, and his remarkable scholarship was instrumental in the revival of the great works of early English... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1853263117
• ISBN13: 9781853263118
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
• Length: 633 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.0" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

A classic undeservedly out of the limelight...

This book was the vade mecum of Stephen Daedalus--as well as many non-fictional others in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. True, there's no entry for "tundish," but the book's otherwise an excellent and seemingly accurate source of linguistic enlightenment. It deserves nothing less than permanent placement on the shelf next to one's Strunk and White, Fowler, Partridge, Otto Jesperson, and Josefa Heifetz Byrne.

For Lovers of James Joyce and Poetry

If you love or like James Joyce, you'll love this book. It was his favorite book. It is a benefit to have this book when reading _Ulysses_ or _Finnegans Wake_. And for any poet in love with language, this book is vital.

Useful for insight into people's "real" meaning.

I carry this book around in my car, and have the unabridged in my office. They are incredibly useful source of insight - listen to the words people emphasize or repeat, then look them up here for "the rest of the story". The best of many etymological dictionaries out there for this use.