WINTER DICTIONARY (HB)

As the nights draw in and the cold descends, a winter world emerges. This book presents an incredible array of words which superbly capture the season. From frost-dogs (tiny frozen particles of falling snow) and stepmother’s breath (a sudden cold snap) to hibernaculum (a winter refuge during the winter months) and crapulent (feeling the aftereffects of overindulgence), Paul Anthony Jones delves into the origins of these fascinating and mostly forgotten words, and opens a myriad of ways to describe the winter months.