Definition of chrestomathy in English:
chrestomathy
nounPlural chrestomathies krɛˈstɒməθikrɛˈstɑməθi
formal A selection of passages from an author or authors, designed to help in learning a language.
Example sentencesExamples
- This publication is most welcome since the chrestomathies of the twentieth century have long been out of print.
- I may quote more, and compare it to other chrestomathies if anyone's interested.
- The material which eventually made it into Mencken's second chrestomathy was selected, revised, and annotated by Mencken himself.
- Despite structural similarities between Orientalist chrestomathies and Westermarck's ethnography, the principles regulating their interpretation were not the same.
- In the latter significance the term is often used by linguists, and in some of the chrestomathies issued by them in recent years.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from Greek khrēstomatheia, from khrēstos 'useful' + -matheia 'learning'.
Definition of chrestomathy in US English:
chrestomathy
nounkreˈstäməTHēkrɛˈstɑməθi
formal A selection of passages from an author or authors, designed to help in learning a language.
Example sentencesExamples
- I may quote more, and compare it to other chrestomathies if anyone's interested.
- The material which eventually made it into Mencken's second chrestomathy was selected, revised, and annotated by Mencken himself.
- This publication is most welcome since the chrestomathies of the twentieth century have long been out of print.
- In the latter significance the term is often used by linguists, and in some of the chrestomathies issued by them in recent years.
- Despite structural similarities between Orientalist chrestomathies and Westermarck's ethnography, the principles regulating their interpretation were not the same.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from Greek khrēstomatheia, from khrēstos ‘useful’ + -matheia ‘learning’.