A detailed and documented treatise on a particular subject.
Roget 590:
writing
etc.
v.;
chirography,
stelography†,
cerography†;
penmanship,
craftmanship†;
quill driving;
typewriting.
writing,
manuscript,
MS. ,
literae scriptae [Lat.];
these presents.
stroke of the pen,
dash of the pen;
coupe de plume;
line;
headline;
pen and ink.
letter
etc.
561;
uncial writing,
cuneiform character,
arrowhead,
Ogham,
Runes,
hieroglyphic;
contraction;
Brahmi†,
Devanagari,
Nagari;
script.
shorthand;
stenography,
brachygraphy†,
tachygraphy†;
secret writing,
writing in cipher;
cryptography,
stenography;
phonography†,
pasigraphy†,
Polygraphy†,
logography†.
copy;
transcript,
rescript;
rough copy,
fair copy;
handwriting;
signature,
sign manual;
autograph,
monograph,
holograph;
hand,
fist.
calligraphy;
good hand,
running hand,
flowing hand,
cursive hand,
legible hand,
bold hand.
cacography†,
griffonage†,
barbouillage†;
bad hand,
cramped hand,
crabbed hand,
illegible hand;
scribble
etc.
v.;
pattes de mouche [Fr.];
ill-formed letters;
pothooks and hangers.
stationery;
pen,
quill,
goose quill;
pencil,
style;
paper,
foolscap,
parchment,
vellum,
papyrus,
tablet,
slate,
marble,
pillar,
table;
blackboard;
ink bottle,
ink horn,
ink pot,
ink stand,
ink well;
typewriter.
transcription
etc.
(copy)
21;
inscription
etc.
(record)
551;
superscription
etc.
(indication)
550;
graphology.
composition,
authorship;
cacoethes scribendi [Lat.];
graphoidea†,
graphomania†;
phrenoia†.
writer,
scribe,
amanuensis,
scrivener,
secretary,
clerk,
penman,
copyist,
transcriber,
quill driver;
stenographer,
typewriter,
typist;
writer for the press
etc.
(author)
593.
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Roget 594:
description,
account,
statement,
report;
expose
etc.
(disclosure)
529;
specification,
particulars;
state of facts,
summary of facts;
brief
etc.
(abstract)
596;
return
etc.
(record)
551;
catalogue raisonne [Fr.]
etc.
(list)
86;
guidebook
etc.
(information)
527.
delineation
etc.
(representation)
554;
sketch;
monograph;
minute account,
detailed particular account,
circumstantial account,
graphic account;
narration,
recital,
rehearsal,
relation.
historiography†,
chronography†;
historic Muse,
Clio;
history;
biography,
autobiography;
necrology,
obituary.
narrative,
history;
memoir,
memorials;
annals
etc.
(chronicle)
551;
saga;
tradition,
legend,
story,
tale,
historiette†;
personal narrative,
journal,
life,
adventures,
fortunes,
experiences,
confessions;
anecdote,
ana†,
trait.
work of fiction,
novel,
romance,
Minerva press;
fairy tale,
nursery tale;
fable,
parable,
apologue†;
dime novel,
penny dreadful,
shilling shocker relator
etc.
v.;
raconteur,
historian
etc.
(recorder)
553;
biographer,
fabulist†,
novelist.
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Roget 595:
dissertation,
treatise,
essay;
thesis,
theme;
monograph,
tract,
tractate†,
tractation†;
discourse,
memoir,
disquisition,
lecture,
sermon,
homily,
pandect†;
excursus.
commentary,
review,
critique,
criticism,
article;
leader,
leading article;
editorial;
running commentary.
investigation
etc.
(inquiry)
461;
study
etc.
(consideration)
451;
discussion
etc.
(reasoning)
476;
exposition
etc.
(explanation)
522.
commentator,
critic,
essayist,
pamphleteer.
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Dutch: monografie
Polish: monografia