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collectanea
[ kol-ek-tey-nee-uh ]
plural noun
- collected passages, especially as arranged in a miscellany or anthology.
collectanea
/ ˌkɒlɛkˈteɪnɪə /
plural noun
- a collection of excerpts from one or more authors; miscellany; anthology
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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
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Word History and Origins
Origin of collectanea1
C18: from Latin, from collectāneus assembled, from colligere to collect 1
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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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