Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.

Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.
raving, stark staring mad, stark raving mad, wild-eyed, berserk; delusional, hallucinatory.
     [behavior somewhat resembling insanity] corybantic[obs3], dithyrambic;
rabid, giddy, vertiginous, wild; haggard, mazed; flighty; distracted, distraught; depressed; agitated, hyped up; bewildered &c. (uncertain) 475.
     mad as a March hare, mad as a hatter; of unsound mind &c. n.; touched
in one’s head, wrong in one’s head, not right in one’s head, not in one’s right mind, not right in one’s wits, upper story; out of one’s mind, out of one’s wits, out of one’s skull [coll.], far gone, out of one’s senses, out of one’s wits; not in one’s right mind.
     fanatical, infatuated, odd, eccentric; hypped[obs3], hyppish[obs3];
spaced out [coll.].
     imbecile, silly, &c. 499. 
     Adv. like one possessed. 
     Phr. the mind having lost its balance; the reason under a cloud; tet
exaltee[French], tet montee[French]; ira furor brevis est[Latin]; omnes stultos insanire [Latin][Horace].

     #504.  Madman. —­ N. madman, lunatic, maniac, bedlamite[obs3],
candidate for Bedlam, raver[obs3], madcap, crazy; energumen[obs3]; automaniac[obs3], monomaniac, dipsomaniac, kleptomaniac; hypochondriac &c. (low spirits); crank, Tom o’Bedlam.
     dreamer &c. 515; rhapsodist, seer, highflier[obs3], enthusiast,
fanatic, fanatico[Sp]; exalte[French]; knight errant, Don Quixote.
     idiot &c. 501.

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     #505.  Memory.—­ N. memory, remembrance; retention, retentiveness;
tenacity; veteris vestigia flammae[Lat]; tablets of the memory; readiness.
     reminiscence, recognition, recollection, rememoration[obs3];
recurrence, flashback; retrospect, retrospection.
     afterthought, post script, PS.
     suggestion &c. (information) 527; prompting &c. v.; hint, reminder;
remembrancer[obs3], flapper; memorial &c. (record) 551; commemoration &c. (celebration) 883.
     [written reminder] note, memo, memorandum;
     things to be remembered, token of remembrance, memento, souvenir,
keepsake, relic, memorabilia.
     art of memory, artificial memory; memoria technica[Lat]; mnemonics,
mnemotechnics[obs3]; phrenotypics[obs3]; Mnemosyne.
     prompt-book; crib sheet, cheat sheet.
     retentive memory, tenacious memory, photographic memory, green
memory|!, trustworthy memory, capacious memory, faithful memory, correct memory, exact memory, ready memory, prompt memory, accurate recollection; perfect memory, total recall.
     celebrity, fame, renown, reputation &c. (repute) 873. 
     V. remember, mind; retain the memory of, retain the remembrance of;
keep in view.
     recognize, recollect, bethink oneself, recall, call up, retrace; look
back, trace back, trace backwards; think back, look back upon; review; call upon, recall upon, bring to

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