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.
four score; ninety, fourscore and ten; sestiad[obs3].
     hundred, centenary, hecatomb, century; hundredweight, cwt.; one
hundred and forty-four, gross.
     thousand, chiliad; millennium, thousand years, grand[coll.]; myriad;
ten thousand, ban[Japanese], man[Japanese]; ten thousand years, banzai[Japanese]; lac, one hundred thousand, plum; million; thousand million, milliard, billion, trillion &c. 
     V. centuriate[obs3]; quintuplicate. 
     Adj. five, quinary[obs3], quintuple; fifth; senary[obs3], sextuple;
sixth; seventh; septuple; octuple; eighth; ninefold, ninth; tenfold, decimal, denary[obs3], decuple[obs3], tenth; eleventh; duodenary[obs3], duodenal; twelfth; in one’s ’teens, thirteenth.
     vicesimal[obs3], vigesimal; twentieth; twenty-fourth &c. n.;
vicenary[obs3], vicennial[obs3].
     centuple[obs3], centuplicate[obs3], centennial, centenary,
centurial[obs3]; secular, hundredth; thousandth, &c.

     #99.  Quinquesection, &c. —­ N. division by five &c. 98; quinquesection
&c.; decimation; fifth &c. 
     V. decimate; quinquesect. 
     Adj. quinquefid, quinquelateral, quinquepartite; quinqevalent,
pentavalent; quinquarticular[obs3]; octifid[obs3]; decimal, tenth, tithe; duodecimal, twelfth; sexagesimal[obs3], sexagenary[obs3]; hundredth, centesimal; millesimal &c. [obs3]

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     #100. {opp. 87} [More than one.] Plurality. —­ N. plurality; a number,
a certain number; one or two, two or three &c.; a few, several; multitude &c. 102; majority.
     [large number] multitude &c. 102. 
     Adj. plural, more than one, upwards of; some, several, a few; certain;
not alone &c. 87. 
     Adv. et cetera, &c., etc.
     among other things, inter alia[Lat]. 
     Phr. non deficit alter [Lat].

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     3.  Indeterminate Number
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     #100a. [Less than one.] Fraction —­ N. fraction, fractional part; part
&c. 51. 
     Adj. fractional, fragmentary, inconsiderable, negligible,
infinitesimal.

     #101.  Zero. —­ N. zero, nothing; null, nul, naught, nought, void;
cipher, goose egg; none, nobody, no one; nichts[Ger.], nixie*, nix*; zilch, zip, zippo [all slang]; not a soul; ame qui vive[Fr]; absence &c. 187; unsubstantiality &c. 4[obs3]. 
     Adj. not one, not a one, not any, nary a one [dial.]; not a, never a;
not a whit of, not an iota of, not a drop of, not a speck of, not a jot; not a trace of, not a hint of, not a smidgen of, not a suspicion of, not a shadow of, neither hide nor hair of.

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