and potato puree with truffles

Billy Lapp

secret desires

At the dawn of the Victorian era

until one day they discover that their ice-cream well has run dry

The Horologicon: A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language Democracy and potato puree with trufflesFrom 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. Wake up feeling rough? Then youre philogrobolized. Pretending to work? Thats 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.