The Unfamiliar Word
In most Nero Wolfe novels and novellas, there is at least one unfamiliar word, usually spoken by Wolfe. Those found in these novellas include:
- Mogok ruby. "Easter Parade" Chapter 1.
- Found. "Easter Parade" Chapter 2. Chiefly British usage, postpositive.
- Peculated. "Easter Parade" Chapter 7.
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Famous quotes containing the words unfamiliar word, unfamiliar and/or word:
“Avoid an unusual and unfamiliar word just as you would a reef.”
—Julius Caesar [Gaius Julius Caesar] (100–44 B.C.)
“Englishmen are babes in philosophy and so prefer faction-fighting to the labour of its unfamiliar thought.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“Whichever word you speak—
you thank
perdition.”
—Paul Celan [Paul Antschel] (1920–1970)