If you love words, as I do, Josefa Byrne's eponymous dictionary of the most unusual, obscure and preposterous words is a must have.
Mrs. Byrne's Dictionary brings into view thousands of little-known curiosities that lie buried in specialized dictionaries and unabridged works too bulky for browsing. Mrs. Byrne exhumed many words from the boneyards of the obsolete and the nearly forgotten because in her judgment they deserved another chance to live. Here you'll find the words you probably don't (but perhaps should) use in everyday conversation, words like hieromachy--a fight between men and women of the cloth, minimifidianism--having almost no faith or belief, furfuraceous--covered with dandruff, kakistocracy--government by the worst citizens, omphaloskepsis--meditation while gazing at one's navel, and many, many more.
Very fun to browse.
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