anthology

[an-thol-uh-jee]

noun, plural an·thol·o·gies.

a book or other collection of selected writings by various authors, usually in the same literary form, of the same period, or on the same subject: an anthology of Elizabethan drama; an anthology of modern philosophy.
a collection of selected writings by one author.

Origin of anthology

1630–40; < Latin anthologia < Greek: collection of poems, literally, gathering of flowers, equivalent to anthológ(os) flower-gathering (antho- antho- + -logos, adj. derivative of légein to pick up, collect) + -ia -ia

Related formsan·tho·log·i·cal

[an-thuh-loj-i-kuh l] /ˌæn θəˈlɒdʒ ɪ kəl/, adjectivean·tho·log·i·cal·ly, adverban·thol·o·gist, noun

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Examples from the Web for anthologist

Historical Examples of anthologist

Its director was a man of letters and an anthologist of repute.
The Drunkard
Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
But the anthologist had not been 'wrapped up' like the rest of us.
Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front
E. W. Hornung
Indeed the pangs of the anthologist, if he has conscience, are burdensome.
Modern Essays
John Macy

British Dictionary definitions for anthologist

anthology

noun plural -gies

a collection of literary passages or works, esp poems, by various authors
any printed collection of literary pieces, songs, works of art, etc

Derived Formsanthological (ˌænθəˈlɒdʒɪkəl), adjectiveanthologist, noun

Word Origin for anthology

C17: from Medieval Latin anthologia, from Greek, literally: a flower gathering, from anthos flower + legein to collect

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Word Origin and History for anthologist

anthology

1630s, "collection of poetry," from Latin anthologia, from Greek anthologia "collection of small poems and epigrams by several authors," literally "flower-gathering," from anthos "a flower" (see anther) + logia "collection, collecting," from legein "gather" (see lecture (n.)). Modern sense (which emerged in Late Greek) is metaphoric, "flowers" of verse, small poems by various writers gathered together.