Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Houghton Mifflin Company (Expanded Edition)
Pages
1135
Description
All entries are listed alphabetically with dictionary style definitions. All synonyms are grouped by meaning.
Collection
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1980
Physical description
1135 p.; 9.9 inches
ISBN
0395483174 / 9780395483176
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LibraryThing member Harmless_Dilettante
I'm not sure why I'm hanging on to this dust collector. I have yet to plow through this brick of a book and discover le mot juste. Instead I always end up with words which are either inappropriate or insipid. I suppose it serves me right. I think I borrowed this from some former employer and forgot
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LibraryThing member gbill
The spine of this old paperback testifies to how often I used it in college, so it's sentimental for me. Roget was and perhaps still is nearly synonymous with thesaurus, though it seems these references have gone the way of the dinosaur-us.
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ENG A.302