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The Horologicon: A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language - Mark Forsyth
The Horologicon: A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language
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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... show more
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.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9781848314153 (1848314159)
Publisher: Icon Books
Pages no: 258
Edition language: English
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3.0 Horologicon
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Murder by Death
Murder by Death rated it
4.0 the Horologicon
I absolutely love Mark Forsyth's books and this one was the last one I had of his to read. Its focus in on the lost words of the English language and he's broken it down into a parody, of sorts, of a book of hours. We start at 6 a.m. and learn about the words applicable to dawn and waking up, then...
Wyvernfriend Reads
Wyvernfriend Reads rated it
5.0 The Horologicon: A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language
Excellent fun that I dipped in and out of until I finished, half the words I will never remember but it's interesting to know that they exist.
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it
3.0 The Horologicon: A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language
bookshelves: fradio, radio-4, winter-20122013, nonfiction, published-2012 Read from November 30 to December 08, 2012 BOTWThe Etymologicon was last year's surprise runaway bestseller. The author has now assembled The Horologicon, or book of hours, to delight his audience with a feast of words app...
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5.0 The Horologicon
Are you looking for that wonderful gift to present to the individual in your life who appears to have swallowed a lexicon with their mornings repast, and have you been a bit tardy in getting said article? Well fret not here is an awesome nay, Brobdingnagian offering that could easily engender feelin...
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