{"product_id":"9781785781711","title":"The Horologicon : A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Forsyth, Mark \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eEnglish\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 3 November 2016 by Icon Books Ltd.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 272 pages\u003cbr\u003e131 x 198 x 20 | 238g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER THE ETYMOLOGICON.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Reading The Horologicon in one sitting is very tempting' Roland White, Sunday Times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Forsyth presents a delightfully eccentric day in the life of unusual, beautiful and forgotten English words.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWake 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43925364572419,"sku":"9781785781711","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781785781711_4b9120a7-6ae3-4dec-a85c-e9986268441e.jpg?v=1731414527","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.com\/products\/9781785781711","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}