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anthology

Syllabification: (an·thol·o·gy)
Pronunciation: /anˈTHäləjē/

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Definition of anthology

noun (plural anthologies)

  • a published collection of poems or other pieces of writing:an anthology of European poetry
  • a published collection of songs or musical compositions issued in one album.

Derivatives

anthologist

Pronunciation: /-jist/

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

anthology in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of anthology in the British & World English dictionary