''Tharoorosaurus'' is a book by

Shashi Tharoor Shashi Tharoor (; born 9 March 1956) is an Indian politician, author, and former diplomat, who has been serving as Member of Parliament for Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, since 2009. He is currently the Chairman of Committee on External Affairs. ...

which was published on 1 September 2020 by

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Composition

The book is written in style of

thesaurus A thesaurus (: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar me ...

and the definition of the book is ‘Aptagrams’.

shares 53 examples from his vocabulary which all are introduced by him.

Critical reviews

K. C. Vijaya Kumar of

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wrote:

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wrote: The book has been also reviewed by Ajay Kumar Singh of

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, and Gaurav Prakash of The News Agency.

References

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