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treasuress
English
Etymology
treasure +? -ess
Noun
treasuress (plural treasuresses)
- (rare) A female treasurer.
Anagrams
- reassurest
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treasure
English
Alternative forms
- treasuer (chiefly archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English tresour, from Old French tresor (“treasury”), from Latin th?saurus (“treasure”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (th?saurós, “treasure house”). Displaced native Middle English schat. Doublet of thesaurus.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?t????/, /?t??????/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?t????/
- Hyphenation: treas?ure
- Rhymes: -???(?)
Noun
treasure (countable and uncountable, plural treasures)
- (uncountable) A collection of valuable things; accumulated wealth; a stock of money, jewels, etc.
- (countable) Anything greatly valued.
- Ye shall be peculiar treasure unto me.
- 1681, Nahum Tate, The History of King Lear
- I found the whole to answer your Account of it, a Heap of Jewels, unstrung and unpolisht; yet so dazling in their Disorder, that I soon perceiv'd I had seiz'd a Treasure.
- 1946, Ernest Tubb, Filipino Baby
- She's my Filipino baby she's my treasure and my pet
- Her teeth are bright and pearly and her hair is black as jet
- (countable) A term of endearment.
- 1922, Francis Rufus Bellamy, A Flash of Gold
- "Hello, Treasure," he said without turning round. For a second she hesitated, standing in the soft light of the lamp, the deep blue of the rug making a background for her, the black fur collar of her coat framing the vivid beauty of her face.
- 1922, Francis Rufus Bellamy, A Flash of Gold
Related terms
- treasury
Translations
Verb
treasure (third-person singular simple present treasures, present participle treasuring, simple past and past participle treasured)
- (transitive, of a person or thing) To consider to be precious; to value highly.
- Oh, this ring is beautiful! I’ll treasure it forever.
- 1838, Eliza Cook, "The Old Armchair", in Melania and other Poems
- I LOVE it, I love it ; and who shall dare
- To chide me for loving that old Arm-chair ?
- I've treasured it long as a sainted prize ;
- I've bedewed it with tears, and embalmed it with sighs.
- (transitive) To store or stow in a safe place.
- 1825, Walter Scott, The Talisman
- The rose-buds, withered as they were, were still treasured under his cuirass, and nearest to his heart.
- 1825, Walter Scott, The Talisman
- (transitive, obsolete) To enrich.
Synonyms
- (to consider to be precious): cherish
Antonyms
- (to consider to be precious): despise
Translations
Derived terms
Anagrams
- austerer, treasuer
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