# File lib/linguistics/en/wordnet.rb, line 148
    def synset( word, pos=nil, sense=1 )
        lex = Linguistics::EN::wn_lexicon
        if pos.is_a?( Fixnum )
            sense = pos
            pos = nil
        end
        postries = pos ? [pos] : [:noun, :verb, :adjective, :adverb, :other]
        syn = nil

        postries.each do |pos|
            break if syn = lex.lookup_synsets( word.to_s, pos, sense )
        end

        return syn
    end