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The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
by Mark Forsyth (Author),
Icon Books Ltd (Publisher)
Product Specifications
Book Description
THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER 'Witty and erudite ...stuffed with the
kind of arcane information that nobody strictly needs to know, but which is a
pleasure to learn nonetheless.' Nick Duerden, Independent 'Particularly good
...Forsyth takes words and draws us into their, and our, murky history' William
Leith, Evening Standard The Etymologicon is an occasionally ribald, frequently
witty and unerringly erudite guided tour of the secret labyrinth that lurks
beneath the English language. What is the actual connection between disgruntled
and gruntled? What links church organs to organised crime, California to the
Caliphate, or brackets to codpieces? Mark Forsyth's riotous celebration of the
idiosyncratic and sometimes absurd
Book Specifications
ISBN-13 9781785781704
Language English
Binding Paper Back
Publisher Icon Books Ltd
Publishing Date 2016-11-03
Total Pages 256