anthology
noun /ænˈθɒlədʒi/
/ænˈθɑːlədʒi/
(plural anthologies)
- a collection of poems, stories, etc. that have been written by different people and published together in a book
- an anthology of poems for children
- The essay first appeared in an anthology of feminist criticism.
- We have put together an anthology of children’s poetry.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- literary
- horror
- poetry
- …
- compile
- edit
- publish
- …
- in an/the anthology
- anthology of
Word Originmid 17th cent.: via French or medieval Latin from Greek anthologia, from anthos ‘flower’ + -logia ‘collection’ (from legein ‘gather’). In Greek, the word originally denoted a collection of the “flowers” of verse, i.e. small choice poems or epigrams, by various authors.