Author(s): Eugene Ehrlich

Adjectives have long suffered from bad press. For many years, English teachers have been fond of
telling students that "adjectives are the enemy of nouns, and adverbs are the enemy of everything
else."

While it's still advisable to heed your English teacher's advice on most other matters, The Highly
Selective Dictionary of Golden Adjectives for the Extraordinarily Literate proves that breaking certain
rules can make written and spoken language that much livelier, adding much-needed color, style, and
adornment. With this addition to the popular Highly Selective series, the "golden" adjective, at last,
gets the star treatment it deserves. From adventitious to zaftig, renowned lexicographer Eugene Ehrlich
has collected more than 850 of the most interesting and engaging adjectives in the English language and
has provided concise definitions and instructive usage examples. Whether you're a writer, a speaker, or
a word buff, this compendious, trenchant, laudable, and all-around fantabulous volume will help you put
panache back into your prose.

About the Author

Eugene Ehrlich, formerly a member of the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia
University, is the coeditor of The Oxford American Dictionary and the author of dozens of books,
including Veni, Vidi, Vici and the classic bestseller Amo, Amas, Amat and More. He lives in Mamaroneck,
New York.

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