anthology
[ an-thol-uh-jee ]
/ ænˈθɒl ə dʒi /
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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.
Nearby words
- anthodium,
- anthol.,
- anthological,
- anthologically,
- anthologize,
- anthony,
- anthony dollar,
- anthony of padua,
- anthony of padua, saint,
- anthony, saint
Origin of anthology
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Examples from the Web for anthologist
Indeed the pangs of the anthologist, if he has conscience, are burdensome.
Modern Essays|John MacyBut the anthologist had not been 'wrapped up' like the rest of us.
Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front|E. W. HornungIts director was a man of letters and an anthologist of repute.
The Drunkard|Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
anthology
/ (ænˈθɒlədʒɪ) /
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
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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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.
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