Eugene Ehrlich, a self-educated lexicographer who wrote 40 dictionaries, thesauruses and phrase books for the “extraordinarily literate,” not to mention people just hoping to sound that way, died on April 5 at his home in Mamaroneck, N.Y. He was 85.
His son Henry confirmed the death, saying he had been ill for some time.
Mr. Ehrlich’s works included “The Highly Selective Thesaurus for the Extraordinarily Literate” (1994). Another book in 1997 substituted “Dictionary” for “Thesaurus” and kept all the other words in the title in the same order. Another substituted “Dictionary of Golden Adjectives” (2002).
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Wikipedia entry for Eugene Ehrlich
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Selected works by Ehrlich
Veni, Vidi, Vici: Conquer Your Enemies, Impress Your Friends with Everyday Latin
Oxford American Dictionary
The Highly Selective Dictionary For The Extraordinarily Literate