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A Midnight Treasury of Frightening Words: The Secret History of Over 300 Macabre and Haunting Words

A Midnight Treasury of Frightening Words: The Secret History of Over 300 Macabre and Haunting Words

Taggart, Caroline

Hardcover

OccultGeneral Reference

Publisher Price: $29.95

ISBN10: 0789346729
ISBN13: 9780789346728
Publisher: Rizzoli Universe
Published: Sep 8 2026
Pages: 320
Weight: 1.72
Height: 1.10 Width: 6.44 Depth: 9.51
Language: English
Discover the dark side of language with this beautifully unsettling collection of macabre, mysterious, and hauntingly evocative words.

This captivating collection explores more than 300 chilling terms, from abysmal and cadaverous to wraith, zombie, and beyond. Each entry uncovers the origins and meanings behind words that have crept through folklore, literature, cinema, and popular imagination.

Readers will encounter grisly English expressions alongside sinister words from other languages, including the Japanese tsujigiri, a deadly crossroads killing, and the Dutch bokkenrijders, ghostly goat-riding thieves.

Far more than a dictionary, this is an atmospheric journey into the dark side of etymology, revealing how language reflects fear, superstition, taboo, morality, and the enduring human appetite for the strange.

With literary and poetic excerpts woven throughout, each word is brought vividly to life. Entertaining, informative, and deliciously unnerving, this is the perfect read for lovers of horror, the gothic, and dark academia, and anyone intrigued by what happens in the shadows...

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