The Horologicon

BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK, READ BY HUGH DENNIS 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.

ISBN 1848314159   DEWEY edition DC23 ISBN13 9781848314153 (What's this?)   Pages 272 Publisher Icon Books Ltd   Published in Duxford Imprint Icon Books Ltd   Height (mm) 198 Format Hardback   Width (mm) 129 Publication date 01 Nov 2012   Spine width (mm) 15 DEWEY 420.14   Academic level General

The new book from the author of the Sunday Times Number one bestseller The Etymologicon 'Reading The Horologicon in one sitting is very tempting' -- Roland White, Sunday Times 'A magical new book ... Forsyth unveils a selection of those obsolete, but oh-so-wonderful words' -- Daily Mail 'This is surely the quirkiest, funniest English word book' -- Good Book Guide 'Whether you are out on the pickaroon or ogo-pogoing for a bellibone, The Horologicon is a lexical lamppost.' -- The Field 'Witty and entertaining ... [Mark's] sheer enjoyment of words and deep study of them shines through every page.' -- A Common Reader 'Forsyth serves up a feast of wonderful words to savour and cherish.' Radio Times 'The Horologicon lists many of the fabulous, obsolete gems of our language' -- Carol Midgley The Times 'If you love obscure words, then Mark Forsyth's The Horologicon will be for you.' Daily Express 'You should rush out to buy this ... a terrific book' -- Theo Walden The Lady

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Version	Price	Published	Edition
Paperback	£8.99	2013