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

Name: The Horologicon: A Day''s Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language
Brand: Icon Books
SKU: 9781848314153
Price: 17.58 EUR
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By (author): Mark Forsyth

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.

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Product Details

Weight: 352g
Dimensions: 138 x 204mm
Publication Date: 01 Nov 2012
Publisher: Icon Books
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781848314153

About Mark Forsyth

Born in London in 1977 Mark Forsyth (a.k.a The Inky Fool) was given a copy of the Oxford English Dictionary as a christening present and has never looked back. His book The Etymologicon was a Sunday Times No. 1 Bestseller and his TED Talk 'What's a snollygoster?' has had more than half a million views. He has also written a specially commissioned essay 'The Unknown Unknown: Bookshops and the Delight of Not Getting What You Wanted' for Independent Booksellers Week and the introduction for the new edition of the Collins English Dictionary. He lives in London with his dictionaries and blogs at blog.inkyfool.com.