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2 primary booksThe Superior Person's Book of Words is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 1992 with contributions by Peter Bowler.
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A dozen years ago my inamorata bestowed upon me the first book in this lexigraphic series. Loved it. Six years later I read the penultimate book. Dug it. And now I've finally read the third book. Liked it. The first one was the best but these are all fun for word nerds and those of us who aspire to linguistic snobbery. Along with learning arcane words, we are treated to the authors humorous example sentences where he tries using the word. A brief example:
gilliver n. A wanton wench. “What is this ‘gilliver' you have on your Christmas gift wish list, Morris?”