Carnal Knowledge - A Navel Gazer's Dictionary of Anatomy, Etymology, and Trivia
Author(s): Charles Hodgson
From head to toe to breast to behind, Charles Hodgson's Carnal Knowledge is a delightfully intoxicating tour of the words we use to describe our bodies. Did you know:
-eye is one of the oldest written words in the English language?
-callipygian means "having beautiful buttocks"?
-gam, a slang word for "leg," comes from the French word jambe?
A treat for anyone who gets a kick out of words, Carnal Knowledge is also the perfect gift for anyone interested in the human body and the many (many, many) ways it's been described.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : St. Martin's Press
- : Saint Martin's Griffin
- : 0.35
- : August 2007
- : books
Special Fields
- : 272
- : 611.001/4
- : English
- : Paperback
- : Charles Hodgson