collectanea

[ kol-ek-tey-nee-uh ]

plural noun

1. collected passages, especially as arranged in a miscellany or anthology.

collectanea

/ ˌkɒlɛkˈteɪnɪə /

plural noun

1. a collection of excerpts from one or more authors; miscellany; anthology

Word History and Origins

Origin of collectanea¹

1785–95; < Latin, neuter plural of collēctāneus gathered together, equivalent to collēct ( us ) (past participle of colligere; collect ¹ ) + -āneus adj. suffix

Word History and Origins

Origin of collectanea¹

C18: from Latin, from collectāneus assembled, from colligere to collect ¹

Example Sentences

They are, he thinks, a better example of this genre of books than Latinius's collectanea.

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One of the most curious pictorial and antiquarian blunders may be seen in Vallancey's Collectanea.

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Apophthegmata, a collection of notable sayings, probably growing out of the Dicta Collectanea of Sueton.

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The notice of this great fire is very brief, and, with the heading of the extracts, runs thus: Collectanea ex Chronico de Dunmowe.

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The deed to which it is attached is printed in Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica, vol.

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