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

Index Guide

Peeping Tom 455 peep show view 448 amusement 840 peer equal 27 pry 441 inquire 461 lord 875 – out 446 peerage 875 peerless unequaled 28 supreme 33 best 648 glorious 873 virtuous 944 (perfect 650) peevish cross 895 irascible 901 peg grade 71 hang 214 project 250 drink 959 come down a – 306 let down a – 308 not stir a – quiet 265 inaction 681 – away activity 682 – on journey 266 – to hang on plea 617 Pegasus 271 pegology 348 pegomancy 511 pegs legs 266 pelagic 341 pelerine 225 pelf gain 775 property 780 money 803 pelican 366 pelisse 225 pellet 249 paper – 643 pellicle film 204 skin 223 pellmell 59, 825 pellucid 425, 570 peloric 242 pelt skin 223 dress 225 throw 276 attack 716 punish 972 peltate 245 peltry 223 pen inclosure 232 write 590 writer 593 restrain 751 imprison 752 draw the – through 552 – and ink 590 – in hand 590 ready – 569 slip of the – error 495 solecism 568 stroke of the – write 590 authority 737 command 741 pena 206 penal 972 – servitude 972 – settlement 752 penalize 974 penalty 971, 974 penance atonement 952 penalty 974 worship 990 penchant willing 602 desire 865 love 897 pencil bundle 72of light 420 write 590 pencil drawing 556 pencraft 590 pendant match 17 pendency 214 – world 318 pendency time 106 hanging 214 pendragon 745 pendulate 605 pendulous hanging 214 oscillating 314 pendulum hang 214 motion of a – 314 Penelope, work of – useless 645 incomplete 730 peneplain 344 penetralia 221 penetrate ingress 294 passage 302 sagacity 498 – the soul 824 penetrated with belief 484 feeling 821 penetrating sagacious 498 feeling 821 – glance 441 penetration 465 penguin 310, 366 peninsula 342 penitence 950 penitentiary 752 confessor 996 penknife 253 penman 590 inspired – 985 penmanship 590 pen name 565 pennant 550 penniless 804 a – lass 804 pennon 550 penny 800 cost a pretty – 814 in for a – in for a pound 768 no – no paternoster 812 not have a – 804 – ante 840 – dreadful 594 – trumpet 410 – whistle 410, 417 turn a – 775 penny-a-liner envoy 534 writer 593 penny-a-lining diffuse style 573 pennyweight 319 penny wise 819 – and pound foolish caprice 608 waste 638 prodigal 818 pennyworth 812 penology 972 pensée, arrière – 528 penseroso 837 pensile 214 pension income 810 pensioner learner 541 servant 746 receiver 785 pensive thoughtful 451 sad 837 penstock 350 pentad 193 pentagon 98, 244 pentahedron 244 pentameter 98, 597 pentangular 98 pentastyle 98 Pentateuch 985 Pentecost 998 Penthesilean 861 penthouse 191 pent up 751 – in one’s memory 505 penultimate 67 penumbra 421 penurious 819 penury poverty 804 (scantiness 640) peon 726 peonage 603 people consanguinity 11 multitude 102 location 184 inhabit 186 mankind 372 subjects 746 commonalty 876 laity 997 pep 171, 682 full of – 575 pepastic 662 pepper pungent 392 condiment 393 attack 716 (energy 171) pepper-and-salt gray 432 variegated 440 peppercorn 643 cheap 815 – rent 815 peppery irascible 901 pepsin 320 peptic 662 per 631 – contra contrariety 14 counterevidence 468 opposition 708 – saltum discontinuous 70 instantaneous 113 – se 87 peradventure 470 peragrate 266 perambulate 266 perambulator measure of length 200 vehicle 272 perambulatory 266 perceivable 446 perceive be sensible of 375 see 441 know 490 percentage number 84 discount 813 perceptible 446 perception idea 453 knowledge 490 perceptive 375, 465 perch location 184 abide 186 habitation 189 height 206 support 215 – up 307 perchance by chance 156 possibly 470 perching 206 percipience 450 percolate ooze out 295 liquefaction 335 water 337 stream 348 clean 652 percolator 191 percursory 458 percussion 276 center of – 222 percussive 277 perdition destruction 162 ruin 732 loss 776 perdu 528 enfant – hopeless 859 rash 863 perdure 106 perdy 535 peregrination 266 peregrinator 268 peremptory assertion 535 firm 604 authoritative 737 rigorous 739 compulsory 744 duty 926 – denial 536 – refusal 764 perennate 106 perennial continuous 69 diuturnal 110plants 367