Roget's
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This song was parodied by the group Science Groove in their song "Twinkle, Twinkle, T2 Star" http://www.science-groove.org/Now/Twinkle.html A version using synonyms from Roget's Thesaurus exists.
In the play, Gordon, a graduate student, rents Roget's last known residence to inspire himself as he writes his dissertation on the English language and Roget's Thesaurus.
Lloyd 1982, p.xix Roget's Thesaurus is composed of six primary classes.
Some of Aristotle's Categories are included in Roget's first class "abstract relations".
The meaning "collection of words arranged according to sense" is first attested in 1852 in Roget's title and thesaurer is attested in Middle English for " treasurer ".