Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins

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Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins

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By: William Morris

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Publisher: Collins
Pub. Date: 27th April 1988
Catalog: Book
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Pages: 688
Ean: 9781594862861
Isbn: 006015862X

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Entertainment value that sticks with you through the years
~ Written on Jun 24, 2005. 9 out of 9 users found this review helpful.

I owned an earlier edition of this book and lost track of it some 30 years ago. I've been haunting bookstores for it ever since, but (duh) it only just occurred to me to search Amazon. Others are right, it's really not a reference book. It is simply an endlessly entertaining trove of interesting trivia about the source of our idioms.

Excellent reference for phrase origins
~ Written on Aug 27, 2003. 16 out of 17 users found this review helpful.

Just a short comment: I own several reference books on phrase etymology. This is the best of the bunch.

Better Resources Available...
~ Written on Apr 5, 2003. 15 out of 17 users found this review helpful.

I much prefered The Facts on File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins by Robert Hendrickson. The Morris book seemed very random, while the work by Hendrickson seemed more in-depth.

Enjoyable book, but not true dictionary
~ Written on Jul 17, 2002. 21 out of 21 users found this review helpful.

This book is an enjoyable read, with some phrases I have not found in other work phrase books (and I have about six such type books.) However, I think the title of the book has given this book and average rating among reviewers. Those expecting a comprehensive amount of word/phrase origins will be disappointed, but no fault of theirs, the book's title is misleading. The book's title should be something like "Interesting Word and Phrase Origins". It's also a little high-priced for what you get new, so definately get a used version.

Handy, but I've seen much better
~ Written on May 29, 2001. 30 out of 35 users found this review helpful.

As a budding linguist (by hobby not vocation) it's kind of fun to be able to cross-reference with other dictionaries of word origins. But if you are of limited funds or just want a better source, I'd definitely suggest you give this a miss and go for something by Ayto or Oxford.

Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins

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