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ISBN
9781848314153
EAN
9781848314153
Publication Year
2012
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Book Title
The Horologicon: a Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language
Item Height
204mm
Author
Mark Forsyth
Publisher
Icon Books LTD
Item Width
138mm
Item Weight
352g
Number of Pages
272 Pages

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The Horologicon - which means 'a book of things appropriate to each hour - follows a day in the life of unusual, beautiful and forgotten English words. From the moment you wake to the second your head hits the pillow, there's a cornucopia of hidden words ready for every aspect of your day. Do you tend to lie in bed before dawn worrying? Then you have the Old English ailment of uhtceare. Uhtceare can lead on to dysania (inability to get out of bed) and other zwoddery problems, which many have suffered but few can name. From encounters with office ultracrepidarians, lunchtime scamblers and six o'clock sturmovschinas to the post-work joys of thelyphthoric grinagogs and nimtopsical nympholepsy, Mark Forsyth, author of the Sunday Times Number One bestseller The Etymologicon, unearths words that you didn't even know you needed. From antejentacular to bedward by way of nuncheon, at last you can say, with utter accuracy, exactly what you mean.

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The Horologicon: a Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language
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Mark Forsyth
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Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Number of Pages
272 Pages

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204mm
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Item Weight
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  • by nicmp
    04 Apr, 2018

    Brilliant

    Wonderful book that explains all you ever wanted to know about words.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: worldofbooks08

  • by hythedave
    11 Nov, 2020

    Interesting if taken in small chunks - hard to remember all the words !

    Interesting - not a cover to cover book, more a dipper

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: anybookforsale2020ltd

  • by ued2015
    05 Feb, 2020

    Excellent, entertaining book

    This is an interesting, entertaining book with lots of word etymology, humorous anecdotes and fun factoids.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: worldofbooks08

  • by zgarnet_0
    25 Mar, 2020

    Etymologican

    Enjoying the book

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: worldofbooks08

  • by fry9716
    27 Oct, 2017

    Highly entertaining and informative, would highly recommend.

    Highly entertaining and informative.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: NewSold by: startatpage1

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