Horologicon : a day's jaunt through the lost words of the English language / Mark Forsyth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Forsyth, Mark.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Obsolete words.

English language.

English language--Etymology.

Physical Description:

xiv, 286 pages ; 20 cm

Edition:

Berkley trade paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Berkley Trade, 2013.

Summary:

" 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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

6 am Dawn

7 am Waking and washing

8 am Dressing and breakfast

9 am Commute

10 am The morning meeting

11 am Taking a break

Noon Looking as though you're working

1 pm Lunch

2 pm Returning to work

3 pm Trying to make others work

4 pm Tea

5 pm Actually doing some work

6 pm After work

7 pm Shopping

8 pm Supper

9 pm Drinking

10 pm Wooing

11 pm Stumbling home

Midnight Nostos.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780425264379

0425264378

OCLC:

850909324

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