thesaury
- noun
- /θɪˈzɔri/
- Archaic
:
tesoro
- The ancient castle held a vast thesaury of gold and jewels.
Examples
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Legends spoke of a thesaury lost at sea, filled with gold and precious stones.
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He discovered a hidden thesaury beneath the old oak tree.
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The ancient king's palace was said to contain a vast thesaury hidden beneath its floors.
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Explorers dreamed of discovering a forgotten thesaury in the ruins of the old city.
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The ancient king's palace was said to contain a vast thesaury hidden beneath its floors.
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Legends spoke of a thesaury lost at sea, filled with gold and precious stones.
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Explorers dreamed of discovering a forgotten thesaury in the ruins of the old city.
Synonyms
676
1.1
Valuable items like gold or jewels that people keep
507
1.3
A large amount of money and valuable things that a person or country owns
26
5.9
A safe place where people keep documents or other valuable items
11
4.8
A secret collection of money or valuable things hidden for later use
8
4.6
A room or building where people keep money and valuable things safe
1
4.2
A place that holds many valuable things like jewels or old books
1
7.3
Money or valuables that someone keeps secret for a long time
Antonyms
How Big
- Formal
2
4.1
26
5.3
- Archaic
11
4.8
- Informal
134
4.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
thesaury = treasury (semi-transparent) = thesaur + y
The form and meaning align with the modern word 'treasury', but 'thesaury' is archaic/nonstandard and learners may not readily map the form to the common modern word.
Etymology
Thesaury comes from an old Greek word thēsauros meaning 'treasure', the same root as the English word treasure. So a thesaury was originally a store or collection of wealth — a treasury of riches.