Definitions
be fond of; be attached to
Word origin
Inherited from Middle English tresour, from Old French tresor (“treasury”), from Latin thēsaurus (“treasure”), from Ancient Greek θησαυρός (thēsaurós, “treasure house”). Mostly displaced native Old English goldhord (See goldhoard) and Old English ġestrēon. Doublet of thesaurus.
Used in a sentence
“It seems there was a worm that slept upon a pile of treasure, which it had zealously heaped up under a stone bluff.”
“Ye shall be peculiar treasure unto me.”
“You have ſent me a Treaſure, and I vvould not ſhare time to tell you ſo, till I had ſomevvhat ſatisfied the thirſt I had to drink dovvn many of thoſe Excellent Sermons, vvhich I have ſo long deſired: […]”
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Valuable hidden hoard”8 letters
02“Valuable hoard”8 letters
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