Horologicon
a day's jaunt through the lost words of the English language
Berkley trade paperback edition.
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Word Count
71,500 words, Guess
Page Count
286 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivehorologicondaysj0000fors_v6s0
- ISBN-100425264378
- ISBN-139780425264379
- Library of Congress Control Number2013021235
- OCLC Control Number850909324
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780425264379
- Open LibraryOL27154372M
Classifications
- DDC420.9
- LCCPE1075 .F63 2013
Description
" 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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- Horologicon: a day's jaunt through the lost words of the English language
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