The Foolish Dictionary An Exhausting Work Of Reference To Uncertain English Words Their Origin Meaning Legitimate And Illegitimate Use Confused By A Few Pictures Not Included Gideon Wurdz by Gideon Wurdz instant download after payment.

pleasure, the smallest contribution to the gaiety, if not to the

wisdom, of nations can scarcely be unwelcome. With this in

mind, the author has prepared "The Foolish Dictionary," not in

serious emulation of the worthier—and wordier—works of

Webster and Worcester, but rather in the playful spirit of the

parodist, who would gladly direct the faint rays from his

flickering candle of fun to the shrine of their great memories.

With half a million English words to choose from, modesty has

been the watchword, and the author has confined himself to

the treatment of only about half a thousand. How wise,

flippant, sober or stupid, this treatment has been, it is for the

reader alone to judge. However, if from epigram, derivative or

pure absurdity, there be born a single laugh between the lids,

the laborer will accredit himself worthy of his hire.

In further explanation it should be said that some slight

deference has been made to other wits, and the definitions

include a few quotations from the great minds of the past and

present. As for the rest, the jury will please acknowledge a plea

of guilty from