Thesauruslike
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Resembling or characteristic of a thesaurus.
"The thesauruslike nature of substitution explains why many stutterers boast large vocabularies. But it also makes for a lot of restaurant meals they’d rather not eat, coffee orders they’d rather not drink and disappointments they’d rather not reap."
Example
More examples"The thesauruslike nature of substitution explains why many stutterers boast large vocabularies. But it also makes for a lot of restaurant meals they’d rather not eat, coffee orders they’d rather not drink and disappointments they’d rather not reap."
Etymology
From thesaurus + -like.
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