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

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

• Used Book in Good Condition

<b>From Mark Forsyth, the author of the #1 international bestseller, <i>The Etymologicon</i>, comes a book of weird words for familiar situations. <i>The Horologicon</i> (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. </b><br><br>Do you wake up feeling rough? Then you’re <i>philogrobolized</i>.<br><br> Find yourself pretending to work? That’s <i>fudgelling</i>.<br><br> And this could lead to <i>rizzling</i>, if you feel sleepy after lunch. Though you are sure to become a sparkling <i>deipnosopbist </i>by dinner. Just don’t get too <i>vinomadefied</i>; a drunk dinner companion is never appreciated.<br><br>From <i>ante-jentacular</i> to <i>snudge </i>by way of <i>quafftide </i>and <i>wamblecropt</i>, at last you can say, with utter accuracy, exactly what you mean.