Thesaurus of English words and phrases : classified and arranged so as to facilitate the expression of ideas and assist in literary composition / by Peter Mark Roget ; enlarged and improved, partly from the author's notes, and with a full index, by John Lewis Roget.

Peter Mark Roget

Date:: 1894

Credit: Thesaurus of English words and phrases : classified and arranged so as to facilitate the expression of ideas and assist in literary composition / by Peter Mark Roget ; enlarged and improved, partly from the author's notes, and with a full index, by John Lewis Roget. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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$527—530. IV. (11.) ir. gress; bring send -, leave write- word ; tele-graph, -phone; Avire; retail, render an account; give an account &c. (describe) 594; state &c. {affirm) 535. disclose iSc. 529; show cause; ex- plain &c. {interpret) 522. hint; give an inkling of; give drop -, throw out- a hint; insinuate ; allude ceHain) 475; bamboozle &c, {deceive) 545- bo -concealed &c. v.; suffer an eclipse; retire from sight, couch; hide oneself; lie -hid, - in ambush, - perdu, - cioso ; seclude oneself &c. 893; lurk, sneak, skulk, slink, prowl; steal-into, - out of, - by, - alonj^; play at -bopeep, - hide and seek; hide in holes and corners. Adj. concealed &c. v.\ hidden; se- cret, recondite, mystic, cabalistic, occult, dark; cryptic, -al; private, privy, in petto, a.uiicular, clandestine, close, invio- late. behind a-screen &c. 530; under-co- ver, - an eclipse ; in -ambush, - hiding, - disguise ; in a -cloud, - fog, - mist, - haze, - dark corner; in the -shade, - dark; clouded, wrapt in clouds; invi- sible &c. 447; buried, underground, per- du ; secluded &c. 893. un-disclosed &c. 529, -told &c. 527; covert &c. {latent) 526; mysterious &c. {unintelligible) 519. irrevealable, inviolable; confidential; esoteric; not to be spoken of. obreptitious, furtive, stealthy, feline; slfulldng &c. V.; surreptitious, under- hand, hole and corner; sly &c. {cunning) 702; secretive, evasive; reserved, reti- cent, uncommunicative, buttoned up; close, - as wax ; taciturn &c. 585. Adv. secretly «&;c. adj.; in -secret, - private, - one's sleeve, - holes and cor- ners ; in the dark &c. adj. januis clausis, with closed dooi-s, a huis clos; hugger-mugger, a la derobee; under the -cloak of, - rose, - table; sub rosd, en iajnnois, in the background, aside, on the sly, with bated breath, sotto voce, in a whisper, without beat of drum, d la sourdine. in in strict- confidence; confidentially &c. adj.; between -our- selves, - you and me; entre nous, inter nos, under the seal of secrecy. underhand, by stealth, like a thief in the night; stealthily &c. adj.; behind -the scenes, - the curtain, - one's back, - a screen &c. 530; incognito; in camei'd. p'lir. it -must, - will- go no further ; ' tell it not in Gath,' nobody the wiser. -, make allusion- to; glance .at; tip the wink &c. {indicate) 550; suggest, prompt, give the cue, breathe; whisper, - in the ear. give a bit of one's mind; tell one -plainly, - once for all; speak volumes. un-deceive, -begude; set right, cor- rect, open the eyes of, disabuse. be -informed of &c ; know «&;c. 490; learn &c. 539; get scent of, gather from; awaken -, open one's eyes- to ; become -alive, - awake- to ; hear, overhear, un- derstand. come to one's -ears, - knowledge; reach one's ears. Adj. informed &c. v.; communique; reported &c. v.; published &c. 531. expressive &c. 516; explicit &c. {open) 525, {clear) 518; plain-spoken &C: {art- less) 703. declara-, nuncupa-, exposi-tory; enun- ciative, communicat-ive, -ory. Adv. from information received. Phr. a little bird told me. 529. Disclosure.—w.disclosure; retection ; unveiling &c. v.; deterration, revealment, revelation; expos-ition,-ure; cipose ; whole truth; tell-tale &c. {news) 532- acknowledgment, avowal; confession, -al; shrift. bursting of a bubble; denouement. 158 530. Ambush. [TMeans of con- cealment.]— Mr. hiding-place; secret -place, - drawer ; recess, hole, holes and corners; closet, crypt, adytum, abditory, oubliette. am-bush, -buscade; stalking horse; lurking-hole, -place; secret path, back- stairs ; retreat &c. {refuge) 666.$