anthology

 
Pronunciation: /anˈθɒlədʒi/

noun (plural anthologies)

  • a published collection of poems or other pieces of writing: an anthology of European poetry
  • a collection of songs or musical compositions issued in one album: a double-CD anthology of Moby Grape, the legendary Sixties San Francisco band

Derivatives

anthologist

noun

Origin:

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