Adam Jacot de Boinod (born 1960) is a British author, notable for his works about unusual words, such as his last name.
Jacot was educated at Harrow School,[1] before obtaining a degree from Cambridge University (MA).
His research on the show involved him reading an entire Albanian language dictionary and noting down any words which he found interesting.
[4] This led to the creation of his first book in 2005, The Meaning of Tingo, a book featuring words which have no equivalent in the English language, "tingo" being a word from the Pascuense language of Easter Island meaning, "to borrow things from a friend's house, one by one, until there's nothing left".
Adam was also occasionally involved with "The Inflectionist" (magazine-now defunct), and became a guest writer in early 2013.