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

From Mark Forsyth, the author of the #1 international bestseller, The Etymologicon, comes a book of weird words for familiar situations. 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. 

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.

From ante-jentacular to snudge by way of quafftide and wamblecropt, at last you can say, with utter accuracy, exactly what you mean.

• The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
• The Elements of Eloquence: Secrets of the Perfect Turn of Phrase
• Dictionary of Word Origins: The Histories of More Than 8,000 English-Language Words
• A Short History of Drunkenness: How, Why, Where, and When Humankind Has Gotten Merry from the Stone Age to the Present
• The Elements of Eloquence
• A Christmas Cornucopia: The Hidden Stories Behind Our Yuletide Traditions
• I Never Metaphor I Didn't Like: A Comprehensive Compilation of History’s Greatest Analogies, Metaphors, and Similes
• English Words from Latin and Greek Elements
• Viva la Repartee: Clever Comebacks and Witty Retorts from History's Great Wits and Wordsmiths
• Oxymoronica: Paradoxical Wit & Wisdom From History's Greatest Wordsmiths