anthology

Noun

a collection of selected literary passages
A collection of literary works, such as poems or short stories, especially a collection from various authors.
A work or series containing various stories with no direct relation to one another.
An assortment of things.
The study of flowers.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνθολογία (anthología, “flower-gathering”), from ἀνθολογέω (anthologéō, “I gather flowers”), from ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”) + λέγω (légō, “I gather, pick up, collect”), coined by Meleager of Gadara circa 60 BCE, originally as Στέφανος (στέφανος (stéphanos, “garland”)) to describe a collection of poetry, later retitled anthology – see Greek Anthology. Anthologiai were collections of small Greek poems and epigrams, because in Greek culture the flower symbolized the finer sentiments that only poetry can express. By surface analysis, antho- + -logy.

Scrabble Score: 16

anthology: valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
anthology: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
anthology: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

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