florilegium

[ flawr-uh-lee-jee-uhm, flohr- ]

noun

, plural flo·ri·le·gi·a [flawr-, uh, -, lee, -jee-, uh, flohr-].

1. a collection of literary pieces; anthology.

florilegium

/ ˌflɔːrɪˈliːdʒɪəm /

noun

1. (formerly) a lavishly illustrated book on flowers
2. rare.
   an anthology

Word History and Origins

Origin of florilegium¹

1640–50; < New Latin flōrilegium, equivalent to Latin flōri- flori- + leg ( ere ) to gather + -ium -ium, on the model of spīcilegium gleaning; a calque of Greek anthología anthology

Word History and Origins

Origin of florilegium¹

C17: Modern Latin, from Latin florilegus flower-collecting, from flōs flower + legere to collect

Example Sentences

Prince Charles recently commissioned a florilegium of one of his properties, she says.

From Washington Times

Specimens of his apophthegms may be found in Diogenes Laertius and the florilegium of Stobaeus, while there are traces of his influence in Seneca.

From Project Gutenberg

We have never seen so good and choice a florilegium.

From Project Gutenberg

This is the Balkan - a florilegium of contradictions within contraventions, the mawkish and the jaded, the charitable and the deleterious, the feckless and the bumptious, evanescent and exotic, a mystery wrapped in an enigma.

From Project Gutenberg

Look through the dictionary, and cull out a florilegium, rival the tulippomania.

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