thesaury
- noun
- /θɪˈzɔri/
- Archaic
:
tesauro
- Writers once relied on a thesaury to enrich their vocabulary and style.
Examples
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Writers once relied on a thesaury to enrich their vocabulary and style.
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In the library, she discovered a dusty thesaury filled with forgotten words.
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The scholar consulted the ancient thesaury to find rare synonyms for the poem.
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The library has an extensive thesaury of rare words.
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Are you familiar with this old thesaury?
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The scholar consulted the ancient thesaury to find rare synonyms for the poem.
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In the library, she discovered a dusty thesaury filled with forgotten words.
Synonyms
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A book that lists words with similar meanings, for example happy and joyful
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A book or database that lists words and their meanings
A book that lists words with similar meanings
An old book that lists words and their meanings
A book that lists words and their meanings
How Complete
Surface Forms
Morphology
thesaury = thesaurus (transparent) = thesaur + y
Directly corresponds to 'thesaurus' (a collection of words) with a straightforward -y nominalizing/variant ending, so learners familiar with 'thesaurus' can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Thesaury comes from the old Greek thēsauros 'treasure' and is related to thesaurus, which is like a 'treasure' of words. So an old or rare thesaury could mean a store of words or synonyms, a book writers used to find richer language.