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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : thi-sawr-uh s |
| Phonetic Transcription : θɪˈsɔr əs |
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Définition of thesaurus
Origin :- 1823, "treasury, storehouse," from Latin thesaurus "treasury, treasure," from Greek thesauros "a treasure, treasury, storehouse, chest," from root of tithenai "to put, to place." The meaning "encyclopedia filled with information" is from 1840, but existed earlier as thesaurarie (1590s), used as a title by early dictionary compilers. Meaning "collection of words arranged according to sense" is first attested 1852 in Roget's title. Thesaur is attested in Middle English with the meaning "treasure" (15c.-16c.).
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- Most of these (along with Tatian), are to be found in Schilter's Thesaurus.
- Extract from : « A Handbook of the English Language » by Robert Gordon Latham
- And now Pabo distinctly remembered that the Thesaurus was not far beyond it.
- Extract from : « Pabo, The Priest » by Sabine Baring-Gould
- You couldn't trust this Swede as far as you could throw a thesaurus by the tail.
- Extract from : « Yellowstone Nights » by Herbert Quick
- Then I wrote at the top of the paper, 'Thesaurus for the Ennuied.'
- Extract from : « Selina » by George Madden Martin
- First of all his age is thirty-six, and he is the editor of The Thesaurus.
- Extract from : « 'I Believe' and other essays » by Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
- A thesaurus will brighten up a reporter's adjectival vocabulary.
- Extract from : « The Style Book of The Detroit News » by The Detroit News
- Get my Thesaurus, Stony, off the desk in the next room, and turn to 'beauty.'
- Extract from : « The Bread Line » by Albert Bigelow Paine
- Though the Thesaurus is now superseded, its merits must not be forgotten.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 » by Various
- "Here, take the Thesaurus," he said, as I hesitated for the word.
- Extract from : « Olympian Nights » by John Kendrick Bangs
- Let us look at the first group, taken from Roget's Thesaurus.
- Extract from : « Public Speaking » by Clarence Stratton
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