Horologicon
Subtitle: a day's jaunt through the lost words of the English language
By: Mark Forsyth
Edition: Berkley trade paperback edition.
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780425264379
Subjects: Obsolete words; Etymology; English language
Description: " 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"--
Notes: Originally published: London : Icon Books, 2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.