The Horologicon : A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language Paperback - 2013
by Mark Forsyth
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- Title The Horologicon : A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language
- Author Mark Forsyth
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Publishing Group
- Date 2013
- Features Bibliography, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0425264378I3N10
- ISBN 9780425264379 / 0425264378
- Weight 0.5 lbs (0.23 kg)
- Dimensions 7.7 x 5 x 0.9 in (19.56 x 12.70 x 2.29 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects English language - Etymology, English language - Obsolete words
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013021235
- Dewey Decimal Code 420.9
Summary
Do you wake up feeling rough? Then you’re philogrobolized.
Find yourself pretending to work? That’s fudgelling.
And this could lead to rizzling, if you feel sleepy after lunch. Though you are sure to become a sparkling deipnosopbist by dinner. Just don’t get too vinomadefied; a drunk dinner companion is never appreciated.
The Horologicon (or book of hours) contains the most extraordinary words in the English language, arranged according to what hour of the day you might need them. From Mark Forsyth, the author of the #1 international bestseller, The Etymologicon, comes a book of weird words for familiar situations. From ante-jentacular to snudge by way of quafftide and wamblecropt, at last you can say, with utter accuracy, exactly what you mean.
Find yourself pretending to work? That’s fudgelling.
And this could lead to rizzling, if you feel sleepy after lunch. Though you are sure to become a sparkling deipnosopbist by dinner. Just don’t get too vinomadefied; a drunk dinner companion is never appreciated.
The Horologicon (or book of hours) contains the most extraordinary words in the English language, arranged according to what hour of the day you might need them. From Mark Forsyth, the author of the #1 international bestseller, The Etymologicon, comes a book of weird words for familiar situations. From ante-jentacular to snudge by way of quafftide and wamblecropt, at last you can say, with utter accuracy, exactly what you mean.
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- Library Journal, 11/15/2013, Page 113
- New York Times Book Review, 12/22/2013, Page 19
- Publishers Weekly, 09/30/2013, Page 0
- Shelf Awareness, 10/18/2013, Page 0