thesaurus
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[edit] Etymology
16th century, from New Latin thesaurus "treasure" < Classical Latin thesaurus < Ancient Greek θησαυρός (thēsauros) "storehouse" or "treasure"; its current English usage/meaning was established soon after the publication of Peter Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases in 1852
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- Rhymes: -ɔːrəs
[edit] Noun
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thesaurus (plural thesauri or thesauruses)
- A publication, usually in the form of a book, that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms) for the words of a given language.
- Wiktionary is a thesaurus and dictionary.
- (archaic) A dictionary or encyclopedia.
[edit] Translations
book of synonyms
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[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Roget's Thesaurus can be found at: http://www.bartleby.com/thesauri
[edit] Latin
[edit] Noun
thesaurus, thesauri m.
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