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noun (thesauri, pl2=thesauruses)
- A publication, usually in the form of a book, that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms) for the words of a given language.
- Wiktionary is a and dictionary.
- (archaic) A dictionary or encyclopedia.
Translations: - Dutch: thesaurus , synoniemenwoordenboek
- French: Dictionnaire des synonymes
- German: Thesaurus
- Spanish: tesauro
Etymology: 16th century, from New Latin thesaurusLatin, thesaurus "treasure" < Classical Latin thesaurusLatin, thesaurus < Ancient Greek (polytonic, ) (thÄsauros) "storehouse" or "treasure"; its current English usage/meaning was established soon after the publication of Peter Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases in 1852
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