morghans_chaos's review
4.0
I feel I should say that I have not read the entire thing for that would have been an Amazing feat on itself however I do love reading different parts of it just opening up to a random page and seeing what’s on it. Finding some new words to add to my repertoire. Someday I might read them all but I’m not completely sure if that would happen.
2000ace's review
5.0
This is the ultimate dictionary. It is especially recommended for keeping in the kitchen, for those times when you have to wait for the water to boil, and turn to a page, then look, using the reading glass from the little drawer above the two volumes, and see....
Dumbledore. A humble-bee or a bumble bee or a dial. cockchafer.
Which leads to:
Cockchafer. A colcopterous insect or beetle, well known in England and Europe.
Of course, these are only bits of the definitions, but every time I touch either volume of this book, something wonderful happens. No matter how much the English language changes, going back and seeing where words came from is valuable activity.
Dumbledore. A humble-bee or a bumble bee or a dial. cockchafer.
Which leads to:
Cockchafer. A colcopterous insect or beetle, well known in England and Europe.
Of course, these are only bits of the definitions, but every time I touch either volume of this book, something wonderful happens. No matter how much the English language changes, going back and seeing where words came from is valuable activity.
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