The Horologicon: A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language
Registered by cally-c of Alfreton, Derbyshire United Kingdom on 3/9/2015
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The Horologicon (or book of hours) gives you the most extraordinary words in the English language, arranged according to the hour of the day when you really need them.
Do you 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, though by dinner time you will have become a sparkling deipnosophist.
From Mark Forsyth, author of the bestselling The Etymologicon, this is 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.
Do you 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, though by dinner time you will have become a sparkling deipnosophist.
From Mark Forsyth, author of the bestselling The Etymologicon, this is 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.
Not really the kind of book you sit & read, but very well researched and enjoyable.
Journal Entry 3 by cally-c at Bacchus Way in Morton, Derbyshire United Kingdom on Sunday, August 30, 2020
Released 3 yrs ago (8/30/2020 UTC) at Bacchus Way in Morton, Derbyshire United Kingdom
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This book set off on its travels in August ... but where has it decided to stay?
Well, if you're reading this then you've found it & you can tell us!
Please take a minute to say where it was discovered...
...& you can tell us what you thought of it.
When you've read it, please pass it to a friend to enjoy
or leave it in a public place for someone else to find -just like you did!
(If you decide to join Bookcrossing, please consider putting me,
cally-c as your referring member-thanks!)