n.
(pl. anthologies)
a collection of poems or other pieces of writing or music.
Derivative
- anthologist n.
- anthologization
or anthologisation n. - anthologize
or anthologise v.
Etymology
C17: via Fr. or med. L. from Gk anthologia, from anthos ‘flower’ (i.e. ‘flowers’ of verse) + -logia ‘collection’.
