Synonymy

Goddard, “Synonymy,” in B. G. Trigger ed., Handbook of North American Indians, Northeast Washington, 1978 15:319–21.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

The Thesaurus, a retirement venture carried out when Roget was in his 70s, may have been prompted by a reissuing, in 1849, of "British Synonymy," a handbook of definitional equivalents first published a half-century earlier by Hester Lynch Piozzi, known to devotees of Dr. Johnson as his friend Mrs. Thrale.

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Yet British Synonymy, the first English book of synonyms, was written by Hester Lynch Piozzi.

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Goddard, “Synonymy,” in B. G. Trigger ed., Handbook of North American Indians, Northeast Washington, 1978 15:319–21.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

Yet British Synonymy, the first English book of synonyms, was written by Hester Lynch Piozzi.

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Synonymy was provided by Henry Fielding in his novel Amelia, written in 1751: “Some call it the fever on the spirits, some a nervous fever, some the vapours, and some the hysterics.”

The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004

Synonymy was provided by Henry Fielding in his novel Amelia, written in 1751: “Some call it the fever on the spirits, some a nervous fever, some the vapours, and some the hysterics.”

The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004

Synonymy serves a like purpose, but synonyms not conveying useful information are omitted, Roezl's list of Mexican species, for instance, and variations in the orthography of specific names.

The Genus Pinus George Russell Shaw 1892

[1186] See Mrs. Piozzi's Synonymy, i. 323, for an anecdote of this walk.

Life of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887

[1256] British Synonymy was published in 1794, later therefore than Boswell's first and second editions.

Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887