Amazon.com description: Product Description: A dictionary of English's 3500 most interesting and/or beautiful words. Dance upon the wondrous fringes of the English language with words like chiliad, chirm, circumcrescent, dephian, petrichor, squillion and tourbillion. Words that sound cool and have interesting definitions. A book for word-lovers who enjoy learning and appreciating more of the English language. Includes some poetical quotes showing usage and select etymologies. Weird words, unusual words, interesting words, obscure vocabulary - that lovely fringe of English whose words you most want to enjoy and share.