Carnal Knowledge: A Navel Gazer's Dictionary of Anatomy, Etymology, and Trivia Buy on Amazon
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Carnal Knowledge: A Navel Gazer's Dictionary of Anatomy, Etymology, and Trivia

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Author(s) Charles Hodgson
ISBN / ASIN 0312371217
ISBN-13 9780312371210
Marketplace Germany 🇩🇪
Description

From head to toe to breast to behind, Charles Hodgson's Carnal Knowledge is a delightfully intoxicating tour of the words we use to describe our bodies. Did you know:

-eye is one of the oldest written words in the English language?
-callipygian means "having beautiful buttocks"?
-gam, a slang word for "leg," comes from the French word jambe?

A treat for anyone who gets a kick out of words, Carnal Knowledge is also the perfect gift for anyone interested in the human body and the many (many, many) ways it's been described.

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