The Horologicon
A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language
by Mark Forsyth
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Pub Date 1 Nov 2012 | Archive Date 17 Mar 2013
Description
The Horologicon (or book of hours) gives you the most extraordinary words in the English language, arranged according to the hour of the day when you really need them.
Do you 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, though by dinner time you will have become a sparkling deipnosophist.
From Mark Forsyth, author of the bestselling The Etymologicon, this is 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.
About the Author
Publication of The Etymologicon in late 2011 shot Mark Forsyth to huge acclaim, appearing on Channel 4, BBC 2 and countless Christmas bestseller lists. Follow Mark on Twitter @inkyfool.
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Advance Praise
Praise for The Etymologicon:
'I'm hooked on Forsyth's book - Crikey, but this is addictive'
Matthew Parris, The Times
'Kudos should go to Mark Forsyth, author of The Etymologicon - Clearly a man who knows his onions, Mr Forsyth must have worked 19 to the dozen, spotting red herrings and unravelling inkhorn terms, to bestow this boon - a work of the first water, to coin a phrase.'
Daily Telegraph
'This year's must-have stocking filler - the angel on the top of the tree, the satsuma in the sock, the threepenny bit in the plum pudding, the essential addition to the library in the smallest room is Mark Forsyth's The Etymologicon.'
Ian Sansom, Guardian
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781848314153 |
| PRICE | £12.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 256 |
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