Carnal Knowledge: A Navel Gazer's Dictionary of Anatomy, Etymology, and Trivia
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From head to toe to breast to behind, Charles Hodgson's Carnal Knowledge is a delightfully intoxicating tour of the words we use to describe our bodies. Did you know:
-eye is one of the oldest written words in the English language?-callipygian means "having beautiful buttocks"?
-gam, a slang word for "leg," comes from the French word jambe? A treat for anyone who gets a kick out of words, Carnal Knowledge is also the perfect gift for anyone interested in the human body and the many (many, many) ways it's been described.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0312371217
ISBN13:9780312371210
Release Date:August 2007
Publisher:St. Martins Press-3PL
Length:272 Pages
Weight:0.59 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.5" x 8.4"
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