analects

American  

[an-l-ekts] / ˈæn lˌɛkts /

Also analecta

plural noun

1. selected passages from the writings of an author or of different authors.

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analects British  

/ ˌænəˈlɛktə, ˈænəˌlɛkts /

plural noun

1. selected literary passages from one or more works

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• analectic
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of analects

1615–25; < Latin analecta < Greek análekta, neuter plural of análektos (verbal adjective of analégein to pick up, gather up), equivalent to ana- ana- + -lek- gather (variant of -leg- ) + -tos verbal adjective suffix

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• oeuvre