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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

thesauric en · ADJ

Etymology

From thesaurus + -ic.

Meanings

  1. Of or relating to a thesaurus or to synonyms.
    • Groupings in languages (Chinese, Sanskrit, Sumerian) where alphabetical dictionaries are ruled out by the nature of the script have been found to have thesauric properties[…] 2005, Margaret Masterman, Yorick Wilks, Language, Cohesion and Form, page 135:

Forms

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most thesauric Degree=Sup lexicographic
more thesauric Degree=Cmp lexicographic