Forsyth Mark: The Horologicon: A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language
Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: 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…