The Horologicon: A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language
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From Mark Forsyth, the author of the #1 international bestseller, The Etymologicon, comes a book of weird words for familiar situations. 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. 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. From ante-jentacular to snudge by way of quafftide and wamblecropt, at last you can say, with utter accuracy, exactly what you mean.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0425264378
ISBN13:9780425264379
Release Date:October 2013
Publisher:Penguin Publishing Group
Length:304 Pages
Weight:0.54 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.0" x 7.7"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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Vocabulary Building Non-Fiction Education Education & Reference Language Arts Reference Word ListsCustomer Reviews
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