The Horologicon A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER THE ETYMOLOGICON.'Reading The Horologicon in one sitting is very tempting' Roland White, Sunday Times.Mark Forsyth presents a delightfully eccentric day in the life of unusual, beautiful and forgotten English words.From uhtceare in the hours before dawn through to dream drumbles at bedtime, The Horologicon gives you the extraordinary lost words you never knew you needed.Wake up feeling rough? Then you're philogrobolized. Pretending to work? That's fudgelling (which may lead to rizzling if you feel sleepy after lunch). A Radio 4 Book of the Week, The Horologicon is an eye-opening, page-turning celebration of the English language at its most endearingly arcane.

ISBN:	9781785781711
Publisher:	Icon Books
Imprint:	Icon Books
Published date:	03 Nov 2016
DEWEY:	422
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	vii, 258
Weight:	238g
Height:	131mm
Width:	198mm
Spine width:	20mm

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