Bryson•s Dictionary for Writers and Editors

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Clytemnestra. In Greek mythology, the wife of Agamemnon.
cnidarians. Members of the phylum of marine invertebrates that includes
jellyfish, corals, and sea anemones. Also called coelenterates.
Cnossos/Cnossus. Alternative spellings for ancient capital of Crete;
usually spelled Knossos in American usage.
Coahuila. State in northeastern Mexico.
Cobb, Irvin S(hrewsbury). (1876–1944) American journalist and humorist.
Cobh, County Cork, Ireland; pronounced cove.
COBOL. Common Business Oriented Language, an early computer
programming language.
Coca-Cola. (Hyphen.) The diminutive term Coke should always be
capitalized.
coccyx. Tailbone; pl. coccyxes.
cock-a-leekie soup.
cockney. (No cap.) A native of London’s East End; pl. cockneys.
coconut. But the Marx Brothers Broadway show and movie is The
Cocoanuts.
cocoon.
coelacanth for the ocean fish famed in scientific circles for its archaic
qualities. Pronounced see-luh-kanth.
coequal is a pointless word; co- adds nothing to equal that equal
doesn’t already say alone.
Coetzee, J. M. (for John Maxwell) (1940–) South African–born Australian
author, awarded Nobel Prize for Literature in 2003.
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
Coeur de Lion, Richard. (1157–1199) Richard the Lionheart, Richard I
of England.
cogito, ergo sum. (Lat.) “I think, therefore I am.” Descartes’s aphorism.
cognoscente. A person who is well informed or of elevated taste;
pl. cognoscenti.