Adrian Room (1933–2010)

Autore di Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable

67+ opere 1,066 membri 8 recensioni

Sull'Autore

Adrian Room was a noted toponymist and onomastician. The author of more than 50 reference books about words and names, he lived in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England.

Comprende i nomi: A Room, Room Adrian, Adarian Room, ed. Brewer; Adrian Room, Adrian (eds) Brewer; Room

Opere di Adrian Room

Popolari Recenti

Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable (1999) 86 copie

Dictionary of Confusable Words (1979) 80 copie

Dictionary of Britain (1986) 77 copie

Brewer's Dictionary of Names (1992) — A cura di, alcune edizioni; A cura di — 47 copie

Placenames of the World: Origins and Meanings of the Names for over 5000 Natural Features, Countries, Capitals,… (1974) 46 copie

Who's Who in Classical Mythology (1997) 43 copie

The Penguin Dictionary of British Place Names (Penguin reference) (1988) 40 copie

A Dictionary of True Etymologies (1986) 39 copie

Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 11,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins (2004) 33 copie

Cassell's Dictionary of Word Histories (1999) 31 copie

Dictionary of Irish Place Names (1986) 28 copie

The Guinness Book of Numbers (1989) 26 copie

Dictionary of Trade Name Origins (1982) 25 copie

Cassell's Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases (2000) 24 copie

Dictionary of Confusing Words and Meanings (1985) 21 copie

Cassell's Dictionary of First Names (2002) 21 copie

Tuttle Dictionary of Dedications: Over 1500 Dedications - From Jane Austen to Kurt Vonnegut (Tuttle Reference Library) (1992) 20 copie

Room's Dictionary of distinguishables (1981) 19 copie

Ntc's Dictionary of Word Origins (NTC Business Books) (1990) 19 copie

Dunces, Gourmands & Petticoats (Artful Wordsmith Series) (1998) 19 copie

Naming Names: Book of Pseudonyms and Name Changes, with a Who's Who (1981) 17 copie

Ntc's Dictionary of Changes in Meaning (NTC Publishing Group Titles) (1991) 17 copie

A dictionary of contrasting pairs (1988) 14 copie

The Fascinating Origins of Everyday Words (The Artful Wordsmith Series) (1997) 13 copie

African placenames : origins and meanings of the names for over 2000 natural features, towns, cities, provinces, and… (1994) 13 copie

Concise dictionary of word origins (1995) 13 copie

Cassell Dictionary of Proper Names (1994) 13 copie

Dictionary of Cryptic Crossword Clues (1983) 11 copie

Dictionary of Coin Names (1987) 11 copie

Room's Dictionary of Differences (1981) 11 copie

Dictionary of Changes in Meaning (1986) 11 copie

Place-name changes since 1900 : a world gazetteer (1979) 10 copie

A Concise Dictionary of Modern Place Names in Great Britain and Ireland (1983) 9 copie

The Street Names of England (1992) 9 copie

Dictionary of Translated Names and Titles (1986) 9 copie

The Naming of Animals: An Appellative Reference to Domestic, Work and Show Animals Real and Fictional (1993) 9 copie

Nicknames of Places: Origins And Meanings of the Alternate And Secondary Names, Sobriquets, Titles, Epithets And ... (2006) 8 copie

The Hutchinson Concise Dictionary of Word Origins (Helicon Language) (1995) 8 copie

The Hutchinson Pocket Dictionary of Confusible Words (Hutchinson Pocket Series) (1994) 8 copie

Dictionary of Dedications (1990) 8 copie

Alternate Names of Places: A Worldwide Dictionary (2009) 7 copie

Dictionary of World Place-names Derived from English Names (1989) 7 copie

Pocket companion guide to British place names (1985) 7 copie

Room's Classical Dictionary: The Origins of the Names of Characters in Classical Mythology (1983) 7 copie

Encyclopedia of Corporate Names Worldwide (2002) 5 copie

A Dictionary of Art Titles: The Origins of the Names and Titles of 3,000 Works of Art (2000) 5 copie

Ntc's Classical Dictionary: The Origins of the Names of Characters in Classical Mythology (Ntc Mythology Books) (1990) 5 copie

Ntc's Dictionary of Trade Name Origins (1998) 5 copie

A Dictionary of Music Titles: The Origins of the Names and Titles of 3,500 Musical Compositions (2000) 5 copie

Dictionary of Astronomical Names (1988) 5 copie

Placenames of France: Over 4,000 Towns, Villages, Natural Features, Regions and Departments (2004) 4 copie

Dictionary of Place-Names in the British Isles. Over 4,000 Place-Names - Their Fascinating Origins and History 4 copie

The Pronunciation of Placenames: A Worldwide Dictionary (2007) 3 copie

Dictionary of Sports and Games Terminology (2010) 3 copie

Corporate Eponymy: A Biographical Dictionary of the Persons Behind the Names of Major American, British, European and… (1992) 3 copie

Bloomsbury Dictionary of Place Names in the British Isles (1993) 3 copie

Literally Entitled: A Dictionary of the Origins of the Titles of More Than 1300 Major Literary Works of the Nineteenth… (1996) 3 copie

Bloomsbury Dictionary of Dedications 3 copie

An Alphabetical Guide to the Language of Name Studies (1996) 3 copie

Placenames of Russia and the Former Soviet Union: Origins and Meanings of the Names for over 2000 Natural Features,… (1996) 3 copie

Place-name changes 1900-1991 (1994) 2 copie

The Hutchinson Pocket Dictionary of Place Names (Hutchinson Pocket Series) (1995) 2 copie

Cassell's Dictionary of Modern American History (2002) 2 copie

Hutchinson Pocket Dictionary of First Names (1994) 1 copia

A Name for Your Baby (1992) 1 copia

Room's Dictionary of Distinguishables and Confusibles (1981) 1 copia

Dictionary of Foreign Words 1 copia

Esplora le opere

Opere correlate

Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable (1870) — A cura di, alcune edizioni — 3,020 copie

The Oxford Names Companion (2002) — A cura di, alcune edizioni — 55 copie

Etichette

allusions (25) Citazione (30) consultazione (937) Copertina rigida (21) Cultura (13) da leggere (36) dictionaries (monolingual - english) (14) dizionari (156) Dizionario (438) Enciclopedia (21) Engels (19) Etimologia (84) Favola (37) favole (57) Folclore (109) Geografia (20) Gran Bretagna (14) Idiotismo (10) Inglese (78) Irlanda (13) Letteratura (71) Lingua inglese (91) Linguaggio (226) Linguistica (37) miti (11) mito (24) Mitologia (152) nomi (48) Onomastica (18) parole (43) phrases (44) place names (25) posseduto (14) Religione (15) Saggistica (217) Scrittura (39) Sintagma (18) Storia (46) Talen (10) trivia (14)

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Informazioni generali

Nome canonico: Room, Adrian
Data di nascita: 1933-09-27
Data di morte: 2010
Sesso: male
Nazionalità: UK
Luogo di nascita: Melksham, Wiltshire, England
Organizzazioni: Royal Geographic Society (Fellow)

Utenti

Recensioni

Room's Dictionary of Confusibles di Adrian Room

Dissolute/dissipated, doddering/doting, dominating/domineering, disperse/dispel/dissipate, dissembling/dissimulating/ simulating – tanti confusibles, che ti confonde davvero le idee. Personalmente, preferisco evitare i libri di falsi amici e simili nemici perché tendono a confondermi le idee laddove prima le avevo chiare, ma ogni tanto servono a capirci qualcosa. La differenza fra specially e especially, fra spire e steeple, scupper e scuttle, sortie e sally?
Segnalato da Simon Turner

Segnalato

Biblit | Jun 25, 2010 |

An A to Z of British life di Adrian Room

Informazioni in ordine alfabetico su tutti gli aspetti della vita e delle istituzioni britanniche, da "A level" a "zebra crossing", passando per "Jock", "Open University", e "Norman 'On-yer-bike' Tebbit", con appendici sui gradi nelle forze armate, il sistema monetario, l'ordine di precedenza
dei pari e cartine varie.
Segnalato da Anna Ravano

Segnalato

Biblit | Jun 6, 2010 |

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