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Words about words about words about words

posted by Zed on April 20 2009 21:01

I've posted previously about the reference works available at Bartleby.com. I wanted to call attention to the links on the American Heritage dictionary page, which spotlight some special features:

From the last, I learned that pagoda, nebbish, porgy, and esophagus all stem from the same root.

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