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Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Index Guide

bold face type 591 boldfaced insolent 885 printing 591 bole 50 bolero 840 boldness [see bold] bolshevism 146, 742 bolshevist 146, 712 bolster support 215 repair 658 aid 707 – up vindicate 937 bolt sift 42, 652 fasten 43 fastening 45 close 261 move rapidly 274 propel 284 run away 370, 623 safety 664 escape 671 hindrance 706 shaft 727 shackle 752 – food swallow 298 gormandize 957 – in 751 – out of the blue 508 – the door 761 – upright 212 bolthead 191 bolus mouthful 298 remedy 662 bomb 404, 406, 727 – explosion 361 – vessel 726 bombard 716 circularize 592 bombardier 726 bombardon 417 bombast overestimation 482 absurdity 497 unmeaning 517 magniloquence 577 ridiculous 853 boasting 884 (exaggeration 549) bombastic [see bombast] bomber 269a bombilation 404, 407 bombinate 407 bombing cruiser 273 bombproof 664 bon: – diable 844 – enfant social 892 kindly 906 – mot 842 – ton 852 – vivant 957 voyage 267 bona fides veracity 543 probity 939 bonanza extra 641 wealth 803 bonbon 396 bond tie 45 servile 746 compact 769 security 771 money 800 right 924 – of union 9, 45 bondage 749 bonded together 712 bonds [see bond] fetters 752 securities 802 – of harmony 714 in – service 746 bondsman 746 bone dense 321 hard 323 strength 159 – of contention 713, 720 – to pick difficulty 704 discord 713 bred in the – 5 one – and one flesh 903 bonehouse 363 bones [see bone] corpse 362 music 417 break no – 648 make no – willing 602 bonesetter 662 bonfire 382 festivity 840 celebration 883 make a – of 384 bonhomie candor 703 kindness 906 bonhomme 996 Boniface 890 bonne servant 746 nurse 753 – bouche treat 377 savory 394 saving 636 pleasant 829 bonnet 225 – rouge 742 bonny cheerful 836 pretty 845 bonnyclabber 321 bonus extra 641 gift 784 money 810 bony 323 bonze 996 booby 501 boodle 784 boof 860 book part 51 register 86 record 551 volume 593 libretto 599 enter accounts 811 at one’s – s 539 – collector 593 – learning 490 – madness 490 – of fate 601 – of poems 590 bring to – evidence 467 account 811 reprove 932 mind one’s – 539 school – 542 without – by heart 505 bookbinder 593 bookbinding 593 bookcase 191 booked dying 360 bookish 490 bookkeeper 553 bookkeeping 811 bookless unlearned 493 bookmaker 156 bookmaking 156 bookseller 593 bookshop 593 bookstore 593 bookworm 492, 593 booly 268 boom support 215 sail 267 rush 274 impulse 276 sound 404 roll 407 obstacle 706 defense 717 boomerang recoil 277 weapon 727 boon 784 beg a – 765 – companion 890 boor clown 876 boorish ridiculous 851 uncourteous 895 boost impulse 276 praise 931 booster 935 boot box 191 dress 225 advantage 618 punishment 975 to – added 37 booted and spurred 673 bootee 225 booth stall 189 shop 799 bootikin 225 bootleg drunkenness 959 bootlegging 964 bootless useless 645 failing 732 boots dress 225 servant 746 what – it 643 booty 35, 793 booze 959 bo-peep peep 441 hide 528 bordel 961 border contiguity 199 edge 231 flank 236 flower bed 371 ornament 847 – upon 197, 199 borderer 197 bordering 233 – upon 197 bore diameter 202 hole 260 tide 348 tidal wave 667 trouble 828 plague 830 weary 841 Boreal Northern 237 cold 383 borean 349 Boreas 349 boredom 841 borer 262 boresome 275 born 359 – so 5 – to other things 865 – under a lucky star 734 – under an evil star 735 borne 826 – down failure 732 defection 837 borné 499 borough 189 rotten – 893 borrow imitate 19 receive 788 borrowed plumes deception 545 borrower 806 borrowing 788 boscage 367 bosh absurdity 497 unmeaning 517 untrue 546 trifling 643 bosk 367 bosky 367 bosom breast 221 mind 450 affections 820 – friend 890 – of one’s family 221 in the – of 229 boss knob 250 will 600 politician 694 rule 737 master 745 bossiness 600 bossism 693 boston 840 Boston bag 191 botanic 369 – garden 369, 371 botanomancy 511 botany 367, 369 botch disorder 59 mend 660 unskillful 699 difficulty 704 fail 732