chrestomathy
Americannoun
plural
chrestomathiesnoun
Other Word Forms
- chrestomathic adjective
Etymology
Origin of chrestomathy
1825–35; < New Latin chrestomathia < Greek chrēstomátheia, equivalent to chrēstó ( s ) useful ( chrēs-, stem of chrêsthai to use + -tos verbal adjective suffix) + math- (variant stem of manthánein to learn) + -eia -y 3
Example Sentences
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Perhaps relevant: The Ted Cruz 2016 pocket Constitution that his volunteers distribute features a Ted Cruz introduction and a Ted Cruz chrestomathy before the document’s text.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2016
Today Tomfoolery, a chrestomathy of 28 Lehrer hits, seems about as audacious as a glass of eggnog.
From Time Magazine Archive
His latest chrestomathy reaffirms Gould's position alongside Physician-Essayist Lewis Thomas as an indispensable bridge between the "two cultures."
From Time Magazine Archive
To be sure, there are large and hairy losers in this chrestomathy.
From Time Magazine Archive
This admirable book has not been, and from its mixture of taste and learning is never likely to be, superseded as an introduction to, and chrestomathy of, the subject.
From The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) by Saintsbury, George
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