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Facts on File Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases (The Facts on File Writers Library) by Martin H. Manser; associate editor, David H. Pickering is a reference work available to read on EtoBox.
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The American poet and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson described the English language as "the sea which receives tributaries from every region under heaven." With more than 4,000 entries, this dictionary explains the meanings and origins of terms that have entered the English lexicon from foreign tongues. Drawn from the fields of language and literature, religion, law, politics and economics, music, entertainment, and cuisine, entries include a definition of the word or phrase in English; language o
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- Author
- Martin H. Manser; associate editor, David H. Pickering
- Publisher
- Checkmark Books ; [Michael O'Mara] (distributor)
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780816044597
- Category
- reference
- Subjects
- Language Learning, Literary Fiction, Reference
- Rating
- 3.21 / 5 (11 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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