ANTHOLOGY | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Anthology

Speech Type: Noun

Etymology:

mid 17th century: via French or medieval Latin from Greek anthologia, from anthos ‘flower’ + -logia ‘collection’ (from legein ‘gather’). In Greek, the word originally denoted a collection of the ‘flowers’ of verse, i.e. small choice poems or epigrams, by various authors

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: anˈθɒlədʒi
Dialects: British English
Definition:

a published collection of poems or other pieces of writing

Short Definition:

published collection of poems or other pieces of writing

Examples:
  • an anthology of European poetry

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