florilegiumn.

Brit.

/ˌflɒrᵻˈliːdʒɪəm/,

/ˌflɔːrᵻˈliːdʒɪəm/, U.S.

/ˌflɔrəˈlidʒiəm/

Etymology: modern Latin, < flōrilegus flower-culling, < flōr(i)- , flōs flower + legĕre to gather; a literal rendering of Greek ἀνθολόγιον anthology n., after the analogy of spīcilegium.

a. literal. A collection or selection of flowers; transferred in the title of a book (see quot.).

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the world > plants > valued plants and weeds > [noun] > valued plant > flower or plant esteemed for its blossoms > collection of

florilegium1711

anthology1755

1711 London Gaz. No. 4901/4 A compleat Florilegium of all the choice Flowers cultivated.

b. A collection of the flowers of literature, an anthology.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > a compilation > [noun] > anthology

pomander1530

posya1569

garland1612

polyanthea1618

florilegy1621

anthology1647

florilegium1647

florilege1651

spicilege1837

spicilegium1846

1647 C. Harvey Synagogue (ed. 2) xxvi. 9 The florilegia of celestiall storyes.

1716 M. Davies Crit. Hist. 4 in Athenæ Britannicæ III Antonius Schorus's Ciceronian Florilegiums.

1815 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) II. 423 Some [of Kirke White's poems]..must hold their place in our popular Florilegia as long as the English language endures.

1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 373 We have made but a small florilegium from Mr. Hazlitt's remarkable volumes.

2. †Also in anglicized form floˈrilegy n.

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