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Mark Forsyth The Horologicon

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

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U Lužického semináře 10, Malá Strana
Berlín-Friedrichshain, dodací doba +7 dní

Book information

Icon Books Ltd

UK

2016

Paperback

272

Standard

298701

978-1-78578-171-1

1-78578-171-5

Language: history & general works

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Mark Forsyth presents a delightfully eccentric day in the life of unusual, beautiful and forgotten English words. From uhtceare in the hours before dawn through to dream drumbles at bedtime, The Horologicon gives you the extraordinary lost words you never knew you needed. Wake up feeling rough? Then you're philogrobolized. Pretending to work? That's fudgelling (which may lead to rizzling if you feel sleepy after lunch). A Radio 4 Book of the Week, The Horologicon is an eye-opening, page-turning celebration of the English language at its most endearingly arcane. From uhtceare in the hours before dawn through to dream drumbles at bedtime, The Horologicon gives you the extraordinary lost words you never knew you needed. Wake up feeling rough? Then you're philogrobolized. Pretending to work? That's fudgelling (which may lead to rizzling if you feel sleepy after lunch).

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