Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
475. mad as a March hare, mad as a hatter; of unsound mind &c. n.;
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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.
SECTION VI. EXTENSION OF THOUGHT
_1. To the Past_
#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 mind, bring to remembrance; carry one's thoughts
back; rake up the past. have in the thoughts, hold in the thoughts,
bear in the thoughts, carry in the thoughts, keep in the thoughts,
retain in the thoughts, have in the memory, hold in the memory, bear in
the memory, carry in the memory, keep in the memory, retain in the
memory, have in the mind, hold in the mind, bear in the mind, carry in
the mind, keep in the mind, retain in the mind, hold in remembrance; be
in one's thoughts, live in one's thoughts, remain in one's thoughts,
dwell in one's thoughts, haunt one's thoughts, impress one's thoughts,
be in one's mind, live in one's mind, remain in one's mind, dwell in
one's mind, haunt one's mind, impress one's mind, dwell in one's
memory. sink in the mind; run in the head; not be able to get out of
one's head; be deeply impressed with; rankle &c. (revenge) 919. recur
to the mind; flash on the mind, flash across the memory. [cause to
remember] remind; suggest &c. (inform ) 527; prompt; put in mind, keep
in mind, bring to mind; fan the embers; call up, summon up, rip up;
renew; infandum renovare dolorem [Lat]; jog the memory, flap the
memory, refresh the memory, rub up the memory, awaken the memory; pull
by the sleeve; bring back to the memory, put in remembrance,
memorialize. task the memory, tax the memory. get at one's fingers'
ends, have at one's fingers', learn at one's fingers', know one's
lesson, say one's lesson, repeat by heart, repeat by rote; say one's
lesson; repeat, repeat as a parrot; have at one's fingers' ends.
[transitive] commit to memory, memorize; con over, con; fix in the
memory, rivet in the memory, imprint in the memory, impress in the
memory, stamp in the memory, grave in the memory, engrave in the
memory, store in the memory, treasure up in the memory, bottle up in
the memory, embalm in the memory, enshrine in the memory; load the
memory with, store the memory with, stuff the memory with, burden the
memory with. redeem from oblivion; keep the memory alive, keep the
wound green, pour salt in the wound, reopen old wounds'; tangere
ulcus[obs3][Lat]; keep up the memory of; commemorate &c. (celebrate)
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