The Horologicon

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.

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.