analects

[ an-l-ekts ]

/ ˈæn lˌɛkts /

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plural noun

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

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Also an·a·lec·ta

[an-l-ek-tuh]. /ˌæn lˈɛk tə/.

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

OTHER WORDS FROM analects

an·a·lec·tic, adjective

Words nearby analects

Anakim, anal, anal canal, anal character, analcite, analects, analemma, analeptic, anal erotic, anal fin, analgesia

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How to use analects in a sentence

He wrote: “Analects,” etc., and is credited with having compiled the “Ancient Poems.”
Through the Year With Famous Authors|Mabel Patterson
We are told in the Confucian Analects that the master said, “The accomplished scholar is not a utensil.”
Village Life in China|Arthur H. Smith
The doctrine of the sage is clearly expressed in the Analects, and amounts only to courtesy and propriety.
The Religions of Japan|William Elliot Griffis
But by this method one misses much of the characterisation which is such an attractive feature of the Analects.
The Sayings of Confucius|Confucius

The works of Mencius abound, like the Confucian Analects, in sententious utterances.
A History of Chinese Literature|Herbert A. Giles

British Dictionary definitions for analects

analects

analecta (ˌænəˈlɛktə)

/ (ˈænəˌlɛkts) /

pl n

selected literary passages from one or more works

Derived forms of analects

analectic, adjective

Word Origin for analects

C17: via Latin from Greek analekta, from analegein to collect up, from legein to gather

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analects

Origin of analects

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British Dictionary definitions for analects

analecta (ˌænəˈlɛktə)

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