Thesaurus of English words and phrases : classified and arranged so as to facilitate the expression of ideas and to assist in literary composition / enl. by John Lewis Roget.

  • Peter Mark Roget
Date:
[1936]
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Credit: Thesaurus of English words and phrases : classified and arranged so as to facilitate the expression of ideas and to assist in literary composition / enl. by John Lewis Roget. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    inquiry 461 reasoning 476 where 186, 461 - am I? 870 whereabouts 183, 197 whereas 9, 476 whereby 631 wherefore attribution 155 inquiry 461 reasoning 476 motive 615 wherein 221 whereness 186 whereupon 106,121 wherever 180, 182 wherewithal 632, 800 wherret 830 wherry 273 whet sharpen 253 meal 298 incite 615 excite 824 take a - 969 - the appetite 865 - the knife 673 whether or not 609 whetstone, cut a - with a razor 638 which: ; at - time 119 ; know - is which 465 whiff 349, 825 whiffle 349 Whig 712 while time 106 in a - 132 worth - 646 - away time inaction 681 pastime 840 - speaking of 9, 134 whilom 122 whilst 106 whim Jad 481 fancy 515 caprice 608 vnt 842 desire 865 whimper 839 whimsey 515, 865 whimsical [see whim] 853 v^iiimwham 608,64^ whin 367 whine 411, 839 whinyord 727 whip colled 72 coachman 268 strike 276 stir up 315 urge 615 hasten 684 director 694 flog 972 scourge 975 - and spur 274 - away 293 - hand 731, 737 - in 300 - on 684 - off 293 - up 789 whipcord 205 whipper-in 694 whippersnapper 129 whipping-post 975 whipster 129 whir rotate 312 sound 407 whirl rotate 312 flurry 825 whirligig 312 whirlpool rotate 312 agitation 315 water 348 danger 667 whirlwind * disorder 59 agitation 315 wind 349 reap the - produd 154 fail 732 ride the - resolution 604 authority 737 whisk rapid 274 circuition 311 agitation 315 - off 297 whisker 256 whisket 191 whisky vehicle 272 drink 298 whisper faint sound 405 tell 527 conceal 528 stammer 583 stage - 580 - about disclose 529 publish 531 - in the ear voice 580 whist hush 403 cards 840 whistle wind 349 hiss 409 play music 416 musical instru¬ ment 417 clean as a - thorough 52 perfed 650 neatly 652 pay too dear for one’s - inexpedient 647 unskilful 699 dear 814 police - 669 wet one’s - drink 298 tipple 959 - at 930 - for request 765 desire 865 - jigs to a mile¬ stone 645 - for want of thought inaction 681 whit small 32 whit-leather 327 Whit-Monday 840 white 430 - of the eye 441 - feather 862 - flag 723 ~ frost 383 - heat 382 - horses 348 - lie equivocal 520 concealment 528 untruth 546 plea 617 - hver 862 - as a sheet 860 - slave 962 stand in a - sheet 952 mark with a - stone 642, 931 Whitechapel vehicle 272 Whitefriars 996 whiteness 430 whitewash cover 223 whiten 430 cleanse 652 ornament 847 justify 937 acquit 970 whitewashed get - 808 whitewasher 935 white wings 652 whitey-brown 433 whither tendency 176 direction 278 inquiry 461 whitlow 655 Whitsuntide 998 whittle 44, 253 whittled drunk 959 whiz 409 who 461 - goes there? 669 - would have thought? 608, 870 whoa I 265 whole entire 60 healthy 654 make - 660 as a - 50 on the - 476, 480 go the - hog 729 the - time 106 - truth truth 494 disclosure 529 veracity 543 wholesale large scale 31 whole 50 abundant 639 trade 794 wholesome 656 wholly 50, 52 whoop 411 war - 715, 722 whop flog 972 whoopee 840 whopper lie 546 whopping huge 192 whore 962 whoredom 961 whoremonger 962 whorl 248 why cause 153 attribution 155 inquiry 461 indeed 535 motive 615 - not 868 wibble-wabble 314 wick 388, 423 wicked 945 the - bad men 949 impious 988 the - one 978 wicker 219 wicket 66, 260 [699]
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