Fort Morgan Public Library

"Four-in-one volume of Dictionary of word and phrase origins" which includes vols. 1-3 previously published 1962-1972.

More than 24,000 entries with explanations of where these words were derived. Individual words include where useful or necessary, also spelling and pronunciation.

A two volume thumb-indexed dictionary containing 500,000 definitions, 98,600 headwords, 25,250 variant spellings, with history and etymology of words.

Profiles men and women whose names have been preserved in popular culture.

Contains over 30,000 entries with word derivations, spelling, pronunciation, and meanings. Also traces how the meanings have developed over time.

Reveals the classical sources and original meanings of English expressions which have come from the Greek and Latin classics. Each phrase is cited in its original text, with profiles of each major classical author.