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.

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$561. tetter.—N. letter; character; hieroglyphic &c. (zvritinff) 590; type &c. {printing) 591 ; capitals; inajus-, minus-culce; alphabet, ABO, abecedary, Christ-cross-row. ^ , ^. , , ^ . ,, , consonant, vowel, diphthong; mute, liquid, labial, dental, guttural. syllable; mono-, dis-, poly-syllable; affix, suffix, speUing, orthogi*aphy; phon-ography, -etic spelling; ana-, meta- grammatism. cipher, monogram, anagram ; double -, acrostic. V. snell. Adj. literal; alphabetical, abecedarian; syllabic; uncial&c. {zvriting) 590. mous; derivative 563. Neolog'y. — w. neolo-gy, -gism; new-fangled expression; bar- barism ; archaism, black letter, monk- ish Latin; corruption ; missaying, anti- phrasis. paronomasia, play upon words; word- play &c. {toif) 842; double-entendre &c. {ambiguity) 520; palindrome, paragram, clinch; abuse of -language, - terms. dialect, brogue, patois, provincialism, broken English, lingua franca; Gall-, Scott-, Hibern - icism ; Americanism; Gipsy lingo, Romany, pigeon English. dog Latin, macaronics, gibberish; confusion of tongues, Babel; jargon. colloquialism &c. {Jigure of speech) 521; by-word ; technicality, lingo, slang, cant, argot, St. Giles's Greek, thieves' Latin, peddler's French, jBiash tongue, Billingsgate, Wall Street slang, pseudology. pseudonym &c. {mimomer) 565 ; Mr. So-and-so; what d'ye call 'em, what's his name; thingum-my, -bob; je ne sais quoi. neologist, coiner of words. V. coin words. Adj. neologic,-al; archaic; obsolete &c. {old) 124; colloquial. 562. Word.—N. word, term, vo- cable ; name &c. 564 ; phrase &c. 566; root, etymon; derivative; part of speech &c. {grammar) 567. dictionary, vocabulary, lexicon, in- dex, glossary, theaamua, gradus, delectus, concordance. etymology,derivation; gloss-, termin-, orism-ology; paleology &c. {2)hilology) 560. lexicography; glossographer &c. {scho- lar) 492. Adj. verbal, literal; titular, nominal. [Similarly derived] conjugate, parony- Adv. verbally &c. adj.; verbatim &c. {exactly) 494. 564. Nomenclature. — n*. no- menclature ; naming &c. v.; nuncupa- ion, nomination, baptism; orismology; onomatopoeia; antonomasia. name ; appella-tion, -tive ; designa- tion ; title; head, -ing ; denomination ; )y-name, epithet. style, proper name; prse-, ag-, cog- Qomen; patronymic, surname; cogno- mination ; compellation, description, an- tonym ; empty-title, - name; handle to Dne's name; namesake. term, expression, noun; by-word; »nvertible terms &c. 522; techidcal term; cant &c. 563. V. name, call, term, denominate, iesignate, style, entitle, clepe, dub. 365. nSisnomer.—sr. misnomer; lueus a non lucendo; INIrs. Malaprop; what d'ye call 'em &c. {neologis?n) 563. nicltname, sobriquet, by-name; as- sumed -name, - title; alias; noyn de -guerre, - plume ; pseudony;u, -y. V. mis-name, -call, -term; nickname ; assume a name. Adj. misnamed &c. v.; pseudony- mous ; soi-disant; self-called, -styled, -christened; so-called. nameless, anonymous; without a -, having no- name ; innominate, unnamed. Adv. in no sense. 171$