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

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.

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.

From ante-jentacular to snudge by way of quafftide and wamblecropt, at last you can say, with utter accuracy, exactly what you mean.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Berkley Books
Published: 10/01/2013
ISBN: 9780425264379
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.90d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 09/30/2013
Shelf Awareness 10/18/2013
Library Journal 11/15/2013 pg. 113
New York Times Book Review 12/22/2013 pg. 19