Florilegium Definition
flôrə-lējē-əm
florilegia
noun
florilegia
A collection of excerpts from written texts, especially works of literature.
American Heritage
A compilation of choice or representative selections, as from an author's writings; anthology.
Webster's New World
A collection of flowers.
Wiktionary
An anthology.
Wiktionary
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florilegium
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florilegiaOrigin of Florilegium
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New Latin flōrilegium flower-gathering (translation of Greek anthologion flower-gathering, anthology) from Latin flōrilegus gathering flowers flōs flōr- flower flower legere to gather leg- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Latin, from flos (“flower”) + form of legō (“I gather”), calque of Ancient Greek ἀνθολογία (anthologia, “flower-gathering”) (English anthology), so called because flowers were used as symbols of the finer sensibility of literature.
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