Adrian Room is the author of about 35 popular reference books, mainly on the origins of words and names. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a member of the English Place-Name Society and the American Name Society.
...unthinkable is an academic library that doesn't have some
patrons who, even if they do not formally study naming, find
language so fascinating and fun that they would delight in Room's
dictionary....
*Rettig On Reference*
The prolific Room has produced a small, easy to use dictionary
defining many terms used in this field of study. Room nicely
includes copious examples in many definitions.
This book's scope is very wide.
*Library Association Record*
Room ranges through the virtually boundless field of name studies
with elan and immense linguistic dexterity. ...of considerable
interest for its sensible discussions of terms and for the many
examples given within each entry. These eclectic, highly
informative, and often entertaining.
*H.G.A. Hughes*
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