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florilegium|flɔərɪˈliːdʒɪəm|
[mod.L., f. flōrileg-us flower-culling, f. flōr(i)-, flōs flower + legĕre to gather; a literal rendering of Gr. ἀνθολόγιον anthology, after the analogy of spīcilegium.]
a. lit. A collection or selection of flowers; used transf. in the title of a book (see quot.).
b. A collection of the flowers of literature, an anthology.
a.1711Lond. Gaz. No. 4901/4 A compleat Florilegium of all the choice Flowers cultivated.
b.1647C. Harvey Synagogue xxvi. 9 The florilegia of celestiall storyes. 1716M. Davies Athen. Brit. iii. Crit. Hist. 4 Antonius Schorus's Ciceronian Florilegiums. 1815Southey Let. 15 Aug. (1856) II. 423 Some [of Kirke White's poems]..must hold their place in our popular Florilegia as long as the English language endures. 1870Lowell Study Wind. 373 We have made but a small florilegium from Mr. Hazlitt's remarkable volumes.
† Also in anglicized form floˈrilegy.
1621Bp. R. Montagu Diatribæ 29 Glossaries: Florilegies. |