anthology

[ an-thol-uh-jee ]

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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

First recorded in 1630–40; from Latin anthologia, from Greek: “collection of poems,” literally, “gathering of flowers,” from anthológ(os) “flower-gathering” (antho- antho- + -logos, adjective derivative of légein “to gather, recount, say, speak”) + -ia -ia

Other words from anthology

an·tho·log·i·cal [an-thuh-loj-i-kuhl], /ˌæn θəˈlɒdʒ ɪ kəl/, adjective
an·tho·log·i·cal·ly, adverb
an·thol·o·gist, noun

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How to use anthology in a sentence

This anthology series is devoted to the monsters lurking across the United States — and within us.
This Weekend: Escape This Messy World With a Memoir | Joshua Eferighe | November 6, 2020 | Ozy
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
I think "Identified" might be commended to a short story anthologist.
The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story | Various
Indeed the pangs of the anthologist, if he has conscience, are burdensome.
Modern Essays | John Macy

British Dictionary definitions for anthology

anthology

/ (ænˈθɒlədʒɪ) /

nounplural -gies

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

Origin of anthology

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

Derived forms of anthology

anthological (ˌænθəˈlɒdʒɪkəl), adjective
anthologist, noun

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