collectanea
[kol-ek-tey-nee-uh]
- collected passages, especially as arranged in a miscellany or anthology.
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Origin of collectanea
1785–95; < Latin, neuter plural of collēctāneus gathered together, equivalent to collēct(us) (past participle of colligere; see collect1) + -āneus adj. suffix
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Your correspondents may be referred to Capgrave; to Leland, Collectanea, vol.
So much is certain, for Lindley makes the statement in his Collectanea Botanica.
About OrchidsFrederick Boyle
The original not being available, I have used the copy in the "Collectanea" before mentioned.
Notes and Letters on the Natural History of NorfolkThomas Browne
They are, he thinks, a better example of this genre of books than Latinius's collectanea.
A History of Bibliographies of BibliographiesArcher Taylor
He undertakes to send the three parts of the Collectanea and the book De Scriptt.
Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867William Dunn Macray
collectanea
- a collection of excerpts from one or more authors; miscellany; anthology
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Word Origin
C18: from Latin, from collectāneus assembled, from colligere to collect 1
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