The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language - Hardcover

Forsyth, Mark

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1848313071 ISBN 13: 9781848313071

Publisher: Icon Books, 2011

Synopsis

'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 connections between words is a classic of its kind: a mine of fascinating information and a must-read for word-lovers everywhere.

'Highly recommended' Spectator.

About this title

About the Author

Mark Forsyth is a writer, journalist and blogger. His book The Etymologicon was a Sunday Times Number One Bestseller and his TED Talk 'What's a snollygoster?' has had more than half a million views. He is also the author of The Horologicon and The Elements of Eloquence, and wrote a specially commissioned essay The Unknown Unknown for Independent Booksellers Week. He lives in London with his dictionaries, and blogs at blog.inkyfool.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: Icon Books
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1848313071
• ISBN 13: 9781848313071
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272