From the creator of the popular A.Word.A.Day e-mail newsletter   A collection of some of the most interesting stories and fascinating origins behind more than 300 words, names, and terms by the founder of WordSmith.org.  Did you know: There’s a word for the pleasant smell that accompanies the first rain after a dry spell?  Petrichor , combining  petros  (Greek for  stone ) and  ichor  (the fluid that flows in the veins of Greek gods).  An  illeist  is one who refers to oneself in the third person.  There’s a word for feigning lack of interest in something while actually desiring it:  accismus .  For any aspiring  deipnosophist  (a good conversationalist at meals) or devoted  Philomath  (a lover of learning), this anthology of entertaining etymology is an ideal way to have fun while getting smarter. ANU GARG is the founder of Wordsmith.org, an online community of word lovers from 200 countries, now in its thirteenth year. He is also the creator of the A.Word.A.Day e-mail newsletter with more than 600,000 subscribers, and the author of the books A Word A Day and Another Word A Day .