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

by Mark Forsyth

Book Overview

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...

• 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