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Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus
by David Auburn, David Crystal, Rae Armantrout

Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus
by David Auburn, David Crystal, Rae Armantrout

Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus
by David Auburn, David Crystal, Rae Armantrout

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Foreword

The Chain of Associations

by Rick Moody

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Moody, R. (2012). Foreword. In Auburn, D. Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus. Oxford University Press, pp. 2-1049

punctilious (en)

(adjective) marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions

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Not only was he physically forbidding with his punctilious, almost Amish appearance

Donald Barthelme lol

—p.ii by Rick Moody
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Not only was he physically forbidding with his punctilious, almost Amish appearance

Donald Barthelme lol

—p.ii by Rick Moody
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protean (en)

(adjective) of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms / (adjective) displaying great diversity or variety; versatile

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his literary voice was so protean (variable, mutable, _labile)

—p.ii by Rick Moody
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his literary voice was so protean (variable, mutable, _labile)

—p.ii by Rick Moody
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lepidoptery (en)

the branch of zoology dealing with butterflies and moths

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as far from Roget as literature is from lepidoptery

—p.ix by Rick Moody
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as far from Roget as literature is from lepidoptery

—p.ix by Rick Moody
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semiotics (en)

the study of signs and symbols and their use or interpretation (adj: semiotic)

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the never-ending capacity of language to lead further on in its semiotic delight

—p.ix by Rick Moody
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the never-ending capacity of language to lead further on in its semiotic delight

—p.ix by Rick Moody
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