Author(s): Macquarie Library

Dictionary/Thesaurus

With more than 20,000 words and a handy format, this new edition of the 'Macquarie Little Colour Dictionary' offers a completely up-to-date coverage of Australian English that you can slip into your pocket. The headwords have been highlighted in a different colour to make finding the word you want a quick and straightforward process. The 'Macquarie Little Colour' offers valuable usage notes on words which can cause problems for writers of Australian English. Notes also suggest more common words for rather formal words, and give information to clarify other usage dilemmas. Appendixes listing prefixes and suffixes are a handy addition to an essential portable language resource, the 'Macquarie Little Colour Dictionary'.