# File lib/linguistics/en/wordnet.rb, line 168
    def synsets( word, pos=nil )
        lex = Linguistics::EN::wn_lexicon
        postries = pos ? [pos] : [:noun, :verb, :adjective, :adverb, :other]
        syns = []

        postries.each {|pos|
            syns << lex.lookup_synsets( word.to_s, pos )
        }

        return syns.flatten.compact
    end