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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ROGET’S THESAURUS *** +*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 22 *** [Illustration] @@ -68,14 +68,11 @@ abandoned. Words are listed in order of their entry number. (3) each main entry (1035 entries) has a pound sign "#" in front of the number to facilitate computerized search. -(4) Greek words and phrases are transliterated and included between -brackets in the format <gr/greek word/gr>. - -(5) where italics occurred in the original, italics are used in the +(4) where italics occurred in the original, italics are used in the Microsoft Word format file. In the plain ASCII file, this formatting is lost. -(6) in the original book, words which were obsolete (in 1911) were +(5) in the original book, words which were obsolete (in 1911) were marked with a dagger. In this version, those words are marked with a vertical bar ("|"). @@ -951,20 +948,20 @@ preposterously, inordinately, exorbitantly, excessively, enormously, out of all proportion, with a vengeance. [in a marked degree] particularly, remarkably, singularly, curiously, uncommonly, unusually, peculiarly, notably, signally, strikingly, pointedly, mainly, chiefly; -famously, egregiously, prominently, glaringly, emphatically, <gr/kat -exochin/>[Grl], strangely, wonderfully, amazingly, surprisingly, -astonishingly, incredibly, marvelously, awfully, stupendously. [in an -exceptional degree] peculiarly &c. (unconformity) 83. [in a violent -degree] furiously &c. (violence) 173; severely, desperately, -tremendously, extravagantly, confoundedly, deucedly, devilishly, with a -vengeance; a outrance[obs3], a toute outrance[Fr][obs3]. [in a painful -degree] painfully, sadly, grossly, sorely, bitterly, piteously, -grievously, miserably, cruelly, woefully, lamentably, shockingly, -frightfully, dreadfully, fearfully, terribly, horribly. Phr. a maximis -ad minima[Lat]; "greatness knows itself" [Henry IV]; "mightiest powers -by deepest calms are fed" [B. Cornwall]; minimum decet libere cui -multum licet [Lat][Seneca]; "some are born great, some achieve -greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them" [Twelfth Night]. +famously, egregiously, prominently, glaringly, emphatically, κατ’ +ἐξοχήν, strangely, wonderfully, amazingly, surprisingly, astonishingly, +incredibly, marvelously, awfully, stupendously. [in an exceptional +degree] peculiarly &c. (unconformity) 83. [in a violent degree] +furiously &c. (violence) 173; severely, desperately, tremendously, +extravagantly, confoundedly, deucedly, devilishly, with a vengeance; a +outrance[obs3], a toute outrance[Fr][obs3]. [in a painful degree] +painfully, sadly, grossly, sorely, bitterly, piteously, grievously, +miserably, cruelly, woefully, lamentably, shockingly, frightfully, +dreadfully, fearfully, terribly, horribly. Phr. a maximis ad +minima[Lat]; "greatness knows itself" [Henry IV]; "mightiest powers by +deepest calms are fed" [B. Cornwall]; minimum decet libere cui multum +licet [Lat][Seneca]; "some are born great, some achieve greatness, and +some have greatness thrust upon them" [Twelfth Night]. #32. Smallness.—N. smallness &c. adj.; littleness &c. (small size) 193; tenuity; paucity; fewness &c (small number) 103; meanness, @@ -1023,7 +1020,7 @@ QUANTITY BY COMPARISON WITH A SIMILAR OBJECT prevalence, partiality; personal superiority; nobility &c. (rank) 875; Triton among the minnows, primus inter pares[Lat], nulli secundus[Lat], captain; crackajack * [obs3][U. S.]. supremacy, preeminence; lead; -maximum; record; <gr/trikumia/>[obs3], climax; culmination &c. (summit) +maximum; record; τρικυμία[obs3], climax; culmination &c. (summit) 210; transcendence; ne plus ultra[Lat]; lion's share, Benjamin's mess; excess, surplus &c. (remainder) 40; (redundancy) 641. V. be superior &c. adj.; exceed, excel, transcend; outdo, outbalance[obs3], outweigh, @@ -1052,9 +1049,9 @@ over the mark, above the mark; above par; upwards of, in advance of; over and above; at the top of the scale, at its height. [in a superior or supreme degree] eminently, egregiously, preeminently, surpassing, prominently, superlatively, supremely, above all, of all things, the -most, to crown all, <gr/kat exochin/gr>[Grl], par excellence, -principally, especially, particularly, peculiarly, a fortiori, even, -yea, still more. +most, to crown all, κατ’ ἐξοχήν, par excellence, principally, +especially, particularly, peculiarly, a fortiori, even, yea, still +more. Phr. "I shall not look upon his like again" [Hamlet]; deos fortioribus addesse [Lat][Tacitus]. @@ -1578,8 +1575,8 @@ shapeless &c. 241; disjointed, out of joint. troublous[obs3]; riotous by fits and snatches, by fits and starts; pellmell; higgledy-piggledy; helter-skelter, harum-scarum; in a ferment; at sixes and sevens, at cross-purposes; upside down &c. 218. Phr. the cart before the horse; -<gr/hysteron proteron/gr>[Grk][Grk]; chaos is come again; "the wreck of -matter and the crush of worlds" [Addison]. +ὔστερον πρότερον[Grk]; chaos is come again; "the wreck of matter and +the crush of worlds" [Addison]. #59a. Complexity—N. complexity; complexness &c. adj.; complexus[obs3]; complication, implication; intricacy, @@ -3584,9 +3581,9 @@ equal to, up to; cogent, valid; efficient, productive; effective, effectual, efficacious, adequate, competent; multipotent[obs3], plenipotent[obs3], omnipotent; almighty. forcible &c. adj. (energetic) 171; influential &c. 175; productive &c. 168. Adv. powerfully &c. adj.; -by virtue of, by dint of. Phr. a toute force[Fr]; <gr/dos moi pou sto -kai kino ten gen/gr>[Sp][Grk][Grk][Grk][Grk][Grk]; eripuit coelo fulmen -sceptrumque tyrannis [Latin]; fortis cadere cedere non potest [Latin]. +by virtue of, by dint of. Phr. a toute force[Fr]; δός μοι ποῦ στῶ καὶ +κινῶ τὴν γῆν[Grk]; eripuit cœlo fulmen sceptrumque tyrannis [Latin]; +fortis cadere cedere non potest [Latin]. #158. Impotence.—N. impotence; inability, disability; disablement, impuissance, imbecility; incapacity, incapability; inaptitude, @@ -3993,9 +3990,9 @@ gentleness &c. adj.; sobriety; quiet; mental calmness &c. (inexcitability) 826[obs3]. moderating &c. v.; anaphrodisia[obs3]; relaxation, remission, mitigation, tranquilization[obs3], assuagement, contemporation[obs3], pacification. measure, juste milieu[Fr], golden -mean, <gr/ariston metron/gr>[Grk]. moderator; lullaby, sedative, -lenitive, demulcent, antispasmodic, carminative, laudanum; rose water, -balm, poppy, opiate, anodyne, milk, opium, "poppy or mandragora"; wet +mean, ἄριστον μέτρον[Grk]. moderator; lullaby, sedative, lenitive, +demulcent, antispasmodic, carminative, laudanum; rose water, balm, +poppy, opiate, anodyne, milk, opium, "poppy or mandragora"; wet blanket; palliative. V. be -moderate &c. adj.; keep within bounds, keep within compass; sober down, settle down; keep the peace, remit, relent, take in sail. moderate, soften, mitigate, temper, accoy|; @@ -4963,14 +4960,14 @@ flowing. #215. Support.—N. support, ground, foundation, base, basis; terra firma; bearing, fulcrum, bait [U.S.], caudex crib[obs3]; point -d'appui[Fr], <gr/pou sto/gr>[Grk][Grk], purchase footing, hold, locus -standi[Lat]; landing place, landing stage; stage, platform; block; -rest, resting place; groundwork, substratum, riprap, sustentation, -subvention; floor &c. (basement) 211. supporter; aid &c. 707; prop, -stand, anvil, fulciment|; cue rest, jigger; monkey; stay, shore, skid, -rib, truss, bandage; sleeper; stirrup, stilts, shoe, sole, heel, -splint, lap, bar, rod, boom, sprit[obs3], outrigger; ratlings[obs3]. -staff, stick, crutch, alpenstock, baton, staddle[obs3]; bourdon[obs3], +d’appui[Fr], ποῦ στῶ[Grk], purchase footing, hold, locus standi[Lat]; +landing place, landing stage; stage, platform; block; rest, resting +place; groundwork, substratum, riprap, sustentation, subvention; floor +&c. (basement) 211. supporter; aid &c. 707; prop, stand, anvil, +fulciment|; cue rest, jigger; monkey; stay, shore, skid, rib, truss, +bandage; sleeper; stirrup, stilts, shoe, sole, heel, splint, lap, bar, +rod, boom, sprit[obs3], outrigger; ratlings[obs3]. staff, stick, +crutch, alpenstock, baton, staddle[obs3]; bourdon[obs3], cowlstaff[obs3], lathi[obs3], mahlstick[obs3]. post, pillar, shaft, thill[obs3], column, pilaster; pediment, pedicle; pedestal; plinth, shank, leg, socle[obs3], zocle[obs3]; buttress, jamb, mullion, @@ -7741,16 +7738,16 @@ air) 349. eagre[obs3], hygre[obs3]; fresh, freshet; indraught[obs3], reflux, undercurrent, eddy, vortex, gurge[obs3], whirlpool, Maelstrom, regurgitation, overflow; confluence, corrivation|. wave, billow, - surge, swell, ripple; <gr/anerythmon gelasma/gr>[obs3][Grk]; beach - comber, riffle [U.S.], rollers, ground swell, surf, breakers, - white horses, whitecaps; rough sea, heavy sea, high seas, cross - sea, long sea, short sea, chopping sea. [Science of fluids in - motion] hydrodynamics; hydraulics, hydraulicostatics[obs3]; rain - gauge, flowmeter; pegology[obs3]. irrigation &c. (water) 337; - pump; watering pot, watering cart; hydrant, syringe; garden hose, - lawn spray; bhisti[obs3], mussuk[obs3]. V. flow, run; meander; - gush, pour, spout, roll, jet, well, issue; drop, drip, dribble, - plash, spirtle[obs3], trill, trickle, distill, percolate; stream, + surge, swell, ripple; ἀνήριθμον γέλασμα[obs3][Grk]; beach comber, + riffle [U.S.], rollers, ground swell, surf, breakers, white + horses, whitecaps; rough sea, heavy sea, high seas, cross sea, + long sea, short sea, chopping sea. [Science of fluids in motion] + hydrodynamics; hydraulics, hydraulicostatics[obs3]; rain gauge, + flowmeter; pegology[obs3]. irrigation &c. (water) 337; pump; + watering pot, watering cart; hydrant, syringe; garden hose, lawn + spray; bhisti[obs3], mussuk[obs3]. V. flow, run; meander; gush, + pour, spout, roll, jet, well, issue; drop, drip, dribble, plash, + spirtle[obs3], trill, trickle, distill, percolate; stream, overflow, inundate, deluge, flow over, splash, swash; guggle[obs3], murmur, babble, bubble, purl, gurgle, sputter, spurt, spray, regurgitate; ooze, flow out &c. (egress) 295. rain @@ -10071,24 +10068,20 @@ incogitable[obs3], not to be thought of. Phr. absence d'esprit; pabulum pictura pascit inani[Lat][obs3]. #453. [Object of thought.] Idea.—N. idea, notion, conception, -thought, apprehension, impression, perception, image, -<gr/eidolon/gr>[Grk], sentiment, reflection, observation, -consideration; abstract idea; archetype, formative notion; guiding -conception, organizing conception; image in the mind, regulative -principle. view &c. (opinion) 484; theory &c. 514; conceit, fancy; -phantasy &c. (imagination) 515.point of view &c. (aspect) 448; field of -view. - -#454. [Subject of thought, <gr/noemata/gr>] Topic.—N. subject of -# -thought, material for thought; food for the mind, mental pabulum. - subject, subject matter; matter, theme, <gr/noemata/gr>[Grk], - topic, -what it is about, thesis, text, business, affair, matter in hand, -argument; -motion, resolution; head, chapter; case, point; proposition, theorem; -field -of inquiry; moot point, problem &c. (question) 461. +thought, apprehension, impression, perception, image, εἴδωλον[Grk], +sentiment, reflection, observation, consideration; abstract idea; +archetype, formative notion; guiding conception, organizing conception; +image in the mind, regulative principle. view &c. (opinion) 484; theory +&c. 514; conceit, fancy; phantasy &c. (imagination) 515.point of view +&c. (aspect) 448; field of view. + +#454. [Subject of thought, νοήματα Topic. +N.—subject of—, material for thought; food for the mind, mental pabulum. + subject, subject matter; matter, theme, νοήματα[Grk], topic, what + it is about, thesis, text, business, affair, matter in hand, + argument; motion, resolution; head, chapter; case, point; + proposition, theorem; field of inquiry; moot point, problem &c. + (question) 461. V. float in the mind, pass in the mind &c. 451. Adj. thought of; uppermost in the mind; in petto. Adv. under consideration; in question, in the mind; on foot, on @@ -11343,13 +11336,13 @@ schoolboy; hackneyed, trite, trivial, commonplace. cognoscible[obs3], cognizable. Adv. to one's knowledge, to the best of one's knowledge. Phr. one's eyes being opened &c. (disclosure) 529; ompredre tout c'est tout pardonner[French: to know all is to pardon all]; empta dolore -docet experientia[Lat];<gr/gnothi seauton/gr>[Grk]; "half our knowledge -we must snatch not take" [Pope]; Jahre lehren mehr als Bucher[German: -years teach more than books]; "knowledge comes but wisdom -lingers"[Tennyson]; "knowledge is power" [Bacon]; les affaires font les -hommes [Fr]; nec scire fas est omnia [Lat][Horace]; "the amassed -thought and experience of innumerable minds" [Emerson]; was ich nicht -weiss macht mich nicht heiss[Ger]. +docet experientia[Lat]; γνῶθι σεαυτόν[Grk]; "half our knowledge we must +snatch not take" [Pope]; Jahre lehren mehr als Bucher[German: years +teach more than books]; "knowledge comes but wisdom lingers"[Tennyson]; +"knowledge is power" [Bacon]; les affaires font les hommes [Fr]; nec +scire fas est omnia [Lat][Horace]; "the amassed thought and experience +of innumerable minds" [Emerson]; was ich nicht weiss macht mich nicht +heiss[Ger]. #491. Ignorance.—N. ignorance, nescience, tabula rasa[Lat], crass ignorance, ignorance crasse[Fr]; unfamiliarity, unacquaintance[obs3]; @@ -11540,9 +11533,9 @@ fustian, twaddle, gibberish &c (no meaning) 517; exaggeration &c 549; moonshine, stuff; mare's nest, quibble, self-delusion. vagary, tomfoolery, poppycock, mummery, monkey trick, boutade[Fr], escapade. V. play the fool &c. 499; talk nonsense, parler a tort et a travess[Fr]; -battre la campagne[Fr][obs3]; <gr/ hanemolia bazein/gr>; be - absurd -&c. adj. Adj. absurd, nonsensical, preposterous, egregious, senseless, -inconsistent, ridiculous, extravagant, quibbling; self-annulling, self- +battre la campagne[Fr][obs3]; ἀνεμώλια βάζειν be -absurd &c. adj. Adj. +absurd, nonsensical, preposterous, egregious, senseless, inconsistent, +ridiculous, extravagant, quibbling; self-annulling, self- contradictory; macaronic[obs3], punning. foolish &c. 499; sophistical &c. 477; unmeaning &c. 517; without rhyme or reason; fantastic. Int. fiddlededee! pish! pho[obs3]! "in the name of the Prophet—figs!" @@ -11568,38 +11561,37 @@ talent &c. (aptitude) 698. [Wisdom in action] prudence &c. 864; vigilance &c. 459; tact &c 698; foresight &c 510; sobriety, self-possession, aplomb, ballast. a bright thought, not a bad idea. Solomon-like wisdom. V. be -intelligent &c. adj.; have all one's wits -about one; understand &c. (intelligible) 518; catch an idea, take in -an idea; take a joke, take a hint. see through, see at a glance, see -with half an eye, see far into, see through a millstone; penetrate; -discern &c (descry) 441; foresee &c 510. discriminate &c. 465; know -what's what &c. 698; listen to reason. Adj. intelligent[Applied to -persons], quick of apprehension, keen, acute, alive, brainy, awake, -bright, quick, sharp; quick witted, keen witted, clear witted, sharp- -eyed, sharp sighted, sharp witted; wide-awake; canny, shrewd, astute; -clear-headed; farsighted &c 510; discerning, perspicacious, -penetrating, piercing; argute[obs3]; quick-witted, nimble- witted, -needle-witted; sharp as a needle, sharp as a tack; alive to &c -(cognizant) 490; clever &c. (apt) 698; arch &c (cunning) 702; pas si -bete[Fr]; acute &c 682. wise, sage, sapient, sagacious, reasonable, -rational, sound, in one's right mind, sensible, abnormis sapiens[Lat], -judicious, strong-minded. unprejudiced, unbiased, unbigoted[obs3], -unprepossessed[obs3]; undazzled[obs3], unperplexed[obs3]; unwarped -judgment[obs3], impartial, equitable, fair. cool; cool-headed, -long-headed, hardheaded, strong-headed; long- sighted, calculating, -thoughtful, reflecting; solid, deep, profound. oracular; -heaven-directed, heaven-born. prudent &c (cautious) 864; sober, stand, -solid; considerate, politic, wise in one's generation; watchful &c. -459; provident &c (prepared) 673; in advance of one' age; wise as a -serpent, wise as Solomon, wise as Solon. [Applied to actions] wise, -sensible, reasonable, judicious; well- thought-out, well-planned, -well-judged, well-advised; prudent, politic; expedient &c. 646. Phr. -aut regem aut fatuum nasci oportet[Lat]; "but with the morning cool -reflection came" [Scott]; flosculi sententiarum[Lat]; les affaires font -les hommes[Fr]; mas vale saber que haber[Sp]; mas vale ser necio que -profiadol nemo solus sapit [Lat][Plautus]; nosce te[Lat]; <gr/gnothi -seauton/gr>[Grk]; nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit -[Lat][Seneca, from Aristotle]; sapere aude [Lat][Horace]; victrix -fortunae sapientia [Lat][Juvenal]. +about one; understand &c. (intelligible) 518; catch an idea, take in an +idea; take a joke, take a hint. see through, see at a glance, see with +half an eye, see far into, see through a millstone; penetrate; discern +&c (descry) 441; foresee &c 510. discriminate &c. 465; know what's what +&c. 698; listen to reason. Adj. intelligent[Applied to persons], quick +of apprehension, keen, acute, alive, brainy, awake, bright, quick, +sharp; quick witted, keen witted, clear witted, sharp- eyed, sharp +sighted, sharp witted; wide-awake; canny, shrewd, astute; clear-headed; +farsighted &c 510; discerning, perspicacious, penetrating, piercing; +argute[obs3]; quick-witted, nimble- witted, needle-witted; sharp as a +needle, sharp as a tack; alive to &c (cognizant) 490; clever &c. (apt) +698; arch &c (cunning) 702; pas si bete[Fr]; acute &c 682. wise, sage, +sapient, sagacious, reasonable, rational, sound, in one's right mind, +sensible, abnormis sapiens[Lat], judicious, strong-minded. +unprejudiced, unbiased, unbigoted[obs3], unprepossessed[obs3]; +undazzled[obs3], unperplexed[obs3]; unwarped judgment[obs3], impartial, +equitable, fair. cool; cool-headed, long-headed, hardheaded, +strong-headed; long- sighted, calculating, thoughtful, reflecting; +solid, deep, profound. oracular; heaven-directed, heaven-born. prudent +&c (cautious) 864; sober, stand, solid; considerate, politic, wise in +one's generation; watchful &c. 459; provident &c (prepared) 673; in +advance of one' age; wise as a serpent, wise as Solomon, wise as Solon. +[Applied to actions] wise, sensible, reasonable, judicious; well- +thought-out, well-planned, well-judged, well-advised; prudent, politic; +expedient &c. 646. Phr. aut regem aut fatuum nasci oportet[Lat]; "but +with the morning cool reflection came" [Scott]; flosculi +sententiarum[Lat]; les affaires font les hommes[Fr]; mas vale saber que +haber[Sp]; mas vale ser necio que profiadol nemo solus sapit +[Lat][Plautus]; nosce te[Lat]; γνῶθι σεαυτόν[Grk]; nullum magnum +ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit [Lat][Seneca, from Aristotle]; +sapere aude [Lat][Horace]; victrix fortunae sapientia [Lat][Juvenal]. #499. Imbecility. Folly—N. want of -intelligence &c. 498, want of - intellect &c. 450; shadowness[obs3], silliness, foolishness &c. adj.; @@ -12174,10 +12166,9 @@ twaddling, quibbling. unmeant, not expressed; tacit &c. (latent) 526. inexpressible, undefinable, incommunicable. #518. Intelligibility.—N. intelligibility; clearness, explicitness -# &c. adj.; lucidity, comprehensibility, perspicuity; legibility, plain -speaking &c. (manifestation) 525; precision &c. 494; <gr/phonanta -synetoisy/gr>[Grk][Grk]; a word to the wise. +speaking &c. (manifestation) 525; precision &c. 494; θωνᾶντα +συνετοῖσι[Grk]; a word to the wise. V. be intelligible &c. adj.; speak for itself, speak volumes; tell its own tale, lie on the surface. @@ -15014,7 +15005,7 @@ artes[Lat]. #628. Mid-course.—N. middle course, midcourse; mean &c. 29 middle # &c. 68; juste milieu[Fr], mezzo termine[It], golden mean, -<gr/ariston metron/gr>[obs3][Grk], aurea mediocritas[Lat]. +ἄριστον μέτρον[obs3][Grk], aurea mediocritas[Lat]. straight &c. (direct) 278 straight course, straight path; short cut, cross cut; great circle sailing. @@ -15362,8 +15353,8 @@ principal, leading, capital, foremost, overruling; of vital &c. importance. in the front rank, first-rate; superior &c. 33; considerable &c. (great) 31; marked &c. v.; rare &c. 137. significant, telling, trenchant, emphatic, pregnant; tanti[Lat]. Adv. materially &c. -adj.; in the main; above all, <gr/kat' exochin/gr>, par excellence, to -crown all, to beat all. Phr. expende Hannibalem![Lat] [Juvenal]. +adj.; in the main; above all, κατ’ ἐξοχήν, par excellence, to crown +all, to beat all. Phr. expende Hannibalem![Lat] [Juvenal]. #643. Unimportance.—N. unimportance, insignificance, nothingness, immateriality. triviality, levity, frivolity; paltriness &c. Adj.; @@ -21630,7 +21621,7 @@ grimacier[obs3]; persifleur[obs3]. 2. Discriminative Affections -#845. Beauty.—N. beauty, the beautiful, <gr/to kalon/gr>[Grk], le +#845. Beauty.—N. beauty, the beautiful, τὸ καλόν[Grk], le beau ideal. [Science of the perception of beauty] aesthetics, callaesthetics|!. [of people] pulchritude, form elegance, grace, beauty unadorned, natural beauty; symmetry &c. 242; comeliness, fairness &c. @@ -21664,7 +21655,7 @@ beamy[obs3], beaming; sparkling, splendid, resplendent, dazzling, glowing; glossy, sleek. rich, superb, magnificent, grand, fine, sublime, showy, specious. artistic, artistical[obs3]; aesthetic; picturesque, pictorial; fait a peindre[Fr]; well-composed, well -grouped, well varied; curious. enchanting &c. (pleasure-giving) 829; +grouped, well varied; curious. enchanting &c. (pleasure-giving) 829; becoming &c. (accordant) 23; ornamental &c. 847. undeformed, undefaced, unspotted; spotless &c. (perfect) 650. Phr. auxilium non leve vultus habet [Lat][Ovid]; "beauty born of murmuring sound" [Wordsworth]; @@ -21804,12 +21795,9 @@ unarranged[obs3], untrimmed, unvarnished. Phr. veritatis simplex oratio est[Lat]. #850. [Good taste.] Taste.—N. taste; good taste, refined taste, -# -cultivated taste; delicacy, refinement, fine feeling, gust, gusto, -tact, -finesse; nicety &c. (discrimination) 465; <gr/to prepon/gr>[Grk]; -polish, -elegance, grace. +#cultivated taste; delicacy, refinement, fine feeling, gust, gusto, +#tact, finesse; nicety &c. (discrimination) 465; τὸ πρέπον[Grk]; +#polish, elegance, grace. judgment, discernment &c. 465. dilettantism, dilettanteism; virtu; fine art; culture, cultivation. @@ -21826,11 +21814,11 @@ classical, attic; cultivated, refined; dainty; esthetic, aesthetic, artistic; elegant &c 578; euphemistic. to one's taste, to one's mind; after one's fancy; comme il faut[Fr]; -tire a quatre epingles[Fr]. +tiré à quatre épingles[Fr]. Adv. elegantly &c. adj. Phr. nihil tetigit quod non ornavit [Lat][from Johnson's epitaph on -Goldsmith]; chacun a son gout[Fr]; oculi pictura tenentur aures +Goldsmith]; chacun à son goût[Fr]; oculi pictura tenentur aures cantibus [Lat][Cicero]. @@ -23266,53 +23254,52 @@ Venice]; best wishes. #897. Love.—N. love; fondness &c. adj.; liking; inclination &c. (desire) 865; regard, dilection|, admiration, fancy. affection, sympathy, fellow-feeling; tenderness &c. adj.; heart, brotherly love; -benevolence &c. 906; attachment. yearning, <gr/eros/gr>, tender -passion, amour; gyneolatry[obs3]; gallantry, passion, flame, devotion, -fervor, enthusiasm, transport of love, rapture, enchantment, -infatuation, adoration, idolatry. Cupid, Venus; myrtle; true lover's -knot; love token, love suit, love affair, love tale, love story; the, -old story, plighted love; courtship &c. 902; amourette[obs3]; free -love. maternal love, <gr/storge/gr>[Grk], parental love; young love, -puppy love. attractiveness; popularity; favorite &c. 899. lover, -suitor, follower, admirer, adorer, wooer, amoret[obs3], beau, -sweetheart, inamorato[It], swain, young man, flame, love, truelove; -leman[obs3], Lothario, gallant, paramour, amoroso[obs3], cavaliere -servente[It], captive, cicisbeo[obs3]; caro sposo[It]. inamorata, -ladylove, idol, darling, duck, Dulcinea, angel, goddess, cara -sposa[It]. betrothed, affianced, fiancee. flirt, coquette; -amorette[obs3]; pair of turtledoves; abode of love, agapemone[obs3]. V. -love, like, affect, fancy, care for, take an interest in, be partial -to, sympathize with; affection; be in love &c. with adj.; have a love -&c. n. for, entertain a love &c. n. for, harbor cherish a love &c. n. -for; regard, revere; take to, bear love to, be wedded to; set one's -affections on; make much of, feast one's eyes on; hold dear, prize; -hug, cling to, cherish, pet. burn; adore, idolize, love to distraction, -aimer eperdument[Fr]; dote on, dote upon; take a fancy to, look sweet -upon; become enamored &c. adj.; fall in love with, lose one's heart; -desire &c. 865. excite love; win the heart, gain the heart, win the -affections, gain the affections, secure the love, engage the -affections; take the fancy of have a place in the heart, wind round the -heart; attract, attach, endear, charm, fascinate, captivate, bewitch, -seduce, enamor, enrapture, turn the head. get into favor; ingratiate -oneself, insinuate oneself, worm oneself; propitiate, curry favor with, -pay one's court to, faire l'aimable[Fr], set one's cap at, flirt. Adj. -loving &c. v.; fond of; taken with, struck with; smitten, bitten; -attached to, wedded to; enamored; charmed &c. v.; in love; love-sick; -over head and ears in love, head over heels in love. affectionate, -tender, sweet upon, sympathetic, loving; amorous, amatory; fond, -erotic, uxorious, ardent, passionate, rapturous, devoted, motherly. -loved &c. v. beloved well beloved, dearly beloved; dear, precious, -darling, pet, little; favorite, popular. congenial; after one's mind, -after one's taste, after one's fancy, after one's own heart, to one's -mind, to one's taste, to one's fancy, to one's own heart. in one's good -graces &c. (friendly) 888; dear as the apple of one's eye, nearest to -one's heart. lovable, adorable; lovely, sweet; attractive, seductive, -winning; charming, engaging, interesting, enchanting, captivating, -fascinating, bewitching; amiable, like an angel. Phr. amantes amentes -[Lat][Terence]; credula res amor est [Lat][Ovid]; militat omnis amasius -[Lat][Ovid]; love conquers all, omnia vincit amor [Lat][Vergil]; si vis -amari ama [obs3][Lat][Seneca]; "the sweetest joy, the wildest woe" -[Bailey]. +benevolence &c. 906; attachment. yearning, ἔρως, tender passion, amour; +gyneolatry[obs3]; gallantry, passion, flame, devotion, fervor, +enthusiasm, transport of love, rapture, enchantment, infatuation, +adoration, idolatry. Cupid, Venus; myrtle; true lover's knot; love +token, love suit, love affair, love tale, love story; the, old story, +plighted love; courtship &c. 902; amourette[obs3]; free love. maternal +love, στοργή[Grk], parental love; young love, puppy love. +attractiveness; popularity; favorite &c. 899. lover, suitor, follower, +admirer, adorer, wooer, amoret[obs3], beau, sweetheart, inamorato[It], +swain, young man, flame, love, truelove; leman[obs3], Lothario, +gallant, paramour, amoroso[obs3], cavaliere servente[It], captive, +cicisbeo[obs3]; caro sposo[It]. inamorata, ladylove, idol, darling, +duck, Dulcinea, angel, goddess, cara sposa[It]. betrothed, affianced, +fiancee. flirt, coquette; amorette[obs3]; pair of turtledoves; abode of +love, agapemone[obs3]. V. love, like, affect, fancy, care for, take an +interest in, be partial to, sympathize with; affection; be in love &c. +with adj.; have a love &c. n. for, entertain a love &c. n. for, harbor +cherish a love &c. n. for; regard, revere; take to, bear love to, be +wedded to; set one's affections on; make much of, feast one's eyes on; +hold dear, prize; hug, cling to, cherish, pet. burn; adore, idolize, +love to distraction, aimer eperdument[Fr]; dote on, dote upon; take a +fancy to, look sweet upon; become enamored &c. adj.; fall in love with, +lose one's heart; desire &c. 865. excite love; win the heart, gain the +heart, win the affections, gain the affections, secure the love, engage +the affections; take the fancy of have a place in the heart, wind round +the heart; attract, attach, endear, charm, fascinate, captivate, +bewitch, seduce, enamor, enrapture, turn the head. get into favor; +ingratiate oneself, insinuate oneself, worm oneself; propitiate, curry +favor with, pay one's court to, faire l'aimable[Fr], set one's cap at, +flirt. Adj. loving &c. v.; fond of; taken with, struck with; smitten, +bitten; attached to, wedded to; enamored; charmed &c. v.; in love; +love-sick; over head and ears in love, head over heels in love. +affectionate, tender, sweet upon, sympathetic, loving; amorous, +amatory; fond, erotic, uxorious, ardent, passionate, rapturous, +devoted, motherly. loved &c. v. beloved well beloved, dearly beloved; +dear, precious, darling, pet, little; favorite, popular. congenial; +after one's mind, after one's taste, after one's fancy, after one's own +heart, to one's mind, to one's taste, to one's fancy, to one's own +heart. in one's good graces &c. (friendly) 888; dear as the apple of +one's eye, nearest to one's heart. lovable, adorable; lovely, sweet; +attractive, seductive, winning; charming, engaging, interesting, +enchanting, captivating, fascinating, bewitching; amiable, like an +angel. Phr. amantes amentes [Lat][Terence]; credula res amor est +[Lat][Ovid]; militat omnis amasius [Lat][Ovid]; love conquers all, +omnia vincit amor [Lat][Vergil]; si vis amari ama [obs3][Lat][Seneca]; +"the sweetest joy, the wildest woe" [Bailey]. #898. Hate.—N. hate, hatred, vials of hate. disaffection, disfavor; alienation, estrangement, coolness; enmity @@ -23998,28 +23985,28 @@ fealty, tie engagement &c. (promise) 768; part; function, calling &c. conscientiousness &c. (probity) 939; conscience, inward monitor, still small voice within, sense of duty, tender conscience, superego; the hell within [P. L.]. dueness &c. 924; propriety, fitness, seemliness, -amenability, decorum, <gr/to prepon/gr>; the thing, the proper thing; -the right thing to do, the proper thing to do. [Science of morals] -ethics, ethology.; deontology[obs3], aretology[obs3]; moral philosophy, -ethical philosophy; casuistry, polity. observance, fulfillment, -discharge, performance, acquittal, satisfaction, redemption; good -behavior. V. be the duty of; be incumbent &c. adj. on, be responsible -&c. adj.; behoove, become, befit, beseem; belong to, pertain to; fall -to one's lot; devolve on; lie upon, lie on one's head, lie at one's -door; rest with, rest on the shoulders of. take upon oneself &c. -(promise) 768; be bound to, become bound to, be sponsor for, become -sponsor for; incur a responsibility &c. n.; be under an obligation, -stand under an obligation, lie under an obligation; have to answer for, -owe to it oneself. impose a duty, &c. n.; enjoin, require, exact; bind, -bind over; saddle with, prescribe, assign, call upon, look to, oblige. -enter upon a duty, perform a duty, observe a duty, fulfill a duty, -discharge a duty, adhere to a duty, acquit oneself of a duty, satisfy a -duty, enter upon an obligation, perform an obligation, observe an -obligation, fulfill an obligation, discharge an obligation, adhere to -an obligation, acquit oneself of an obligation, satisfy an obligation; -act one's part, redeem one's pledge, do justice to, be at one's post; -do duty; do one's duty &c. (be virtuous) 944. be on one's good -behavior, mind one's P's and Q's. Adj. obligatory, binding; imperative, +amenability, decorum, τὸ πρέπον; the thing, the proper thing; the right +thing to do, the proper thing to do. [Science of morals] ethics, +ethology.; deontology[obs3], aretology[obs3]; moral philosophy, ethical +philosophy; casuistry, polity. observance, fulfillment, discharge, +performance, acquittal, satisfaction, redemption; good behavior. V. be +the duty of; be incumbent &c. adj. on, be responsible &c. adj.; +behoove, become, befit, beseem; belong to, pertain to; fall to one's +lot; devolve on; lie upon, lie on one's head, lie at one's door; rest +with, rest on the shoulders of. take upon oneself &c. (promise) 768; be +bound to, become bound to, be sponsor for, become sponsor for; incur a +responsibility &c. n.; be under an obligation, stand under an +obligation, lie under an obligation; have to answer for, owe to it +oneself. impose a duty, &c. n.; enjoin, require, exact; bind, bind +over; saddle with, prescribe, assign, call upon, look to, oblige. enter +upon a duty, perform a duty, observe a duty, fulfill a duty, discharge +a duty, adhere to a duty, acquit oneself of a duty, satisfy a duty, +enter upon an obligation, perform an obligation, observe an obligation, +fulfill an obligation, discharge an obligation, adhere to an +obligation, acquit oneself of an obligation, satisfy an obligation; act +one's part, redeem one's pledge, do justice to, be at one's post; do +duty; do one's duty &c. (be virtuous) 944. be on one's good behavior, +mind one's P's and Q's. Adj. obligatory, binding; imperative, peremptory; stringent &c. (severe) 739; behooving &c. v.; incumbent on, chargeable on; under obligation; obliged by, bound by, tied by; saddled with. due to, beholden to, bound to, indebted to; tied down; @@ -24145,8 +24132,8 @@ than such a Roman" [Julius Caesar]. #931. Approbation.—N. approbation; approval, approvement[obs3]; sanction, advocacy; nod of approbation; esteem, estimation, good opinion, golden opinions, admiration; love &c. 897; appreciation, -regard, account, popularity, <gr/kudos/gr>, credit; repute &c. 873; -best seller. commendation, praise; laud, laudation; good word; meed of +regard, account, popularity, κῦδος, credit; repute &c. 873; best +seller. commendation, praise; laud, laudation; good word; meed of praise, tribute of praise; encomium; eulogy, eulogium[obs3]; eloge[Fr], panegyric; homage, hero worship; benediction, blessing, benison. applause, plaudit, clap; clapping, clapping of hands; acclaim, @@ -25886,5 +25873,5 @@ costume &c. 225. -*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ROGET’S THESAURUS *** +*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 22 *** |