Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Houghton Mifflin Company
Pages
538
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
538 p.; 6.8 inches
ISBN
0395748763 / 9780395748763
Other editions
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Expanded Edition (Hardcover)
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User reviews
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.
Call number
ENG A.305