| Publisher: | Icon Books Limited |
| Genres: | Nonfiction Books, History Books, Reference Books |
| Authors: | Mark Forsyth |
| Pages: | 256 pages |
| ISBN13: | 9781785781704 |
| Language: | en |
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.
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