Charles Earle Funk

{{Short description|American lexicographer}}

Charles Earle Funk (1881–1957) was an American lexicographer.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3ACharles%20Earle%20Funk|title=Amazon.com: Charles Earle Funk: Books|work=amazon.com|accessdate=22 April 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/12800.Charles_Earle_Funk|title=Charles Earle Funk|author=Charles Earle Funk|work=Goodreads|accessdate=22 April 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://biblio.co.uk/charles-earle-funk/author/25950|title=Charles Earle Funk|work=biblio.co.uk|accessdate=22 April 2016}}

He was a member of the Funk family who owned the publisher Funk & Wagnalls; Dr. Isaac Funk was his uncle.{{cite web|title=Look it up: The Funk in 'Funk and Wagnalls' lived here|url=http://www.silive.com/homegarden/interiordesign/index.ssf/2010/03/look_it_up_the_funk_in_funk_an.html|website=SI Live|date=25 March 2010|accessdate=22 April 2016}}

Funk wrote several etymological dictionaries, including [https://archive.org/details/therebyhangstale0000funk Thereby Hangs a Tale: Stories of Curious Word Origins], [https://archive.org/details/hogoniceothercur0000funk A Hog On Ice & Other Curious Expressions], [https://archive.org/details/heavenstobetsyot00funk/ Heavens To Betsy & Other Curious Expressions], [https://archive.org/details/horsefeathersoth0000funk Horsefeathers and Other Curious Words], and [https://archive.org/details/2107curiouswordo00funk/page/n5/mode/2up 2107 Curious Word Origins, Sayings & Expressions: From White Elephants to Song & Dance].