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florilegium

[ flawr-uh-lee-jee-uhm, flohr- ]

noun

plural florilegia
  1. a collection of literary pieces; anthology.


florilegium

/ ˌڱɔːɪˈːɪə /

noun

  1. (formerly) a lavishly illustrated book on flowers
  2. rare.
    an anthology
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of florilegium1

1640–50; < New Latin ڱō𲵾ܳ, equivalent to Latin ڱō- flori- + leg ( ere ) to gather + -ium -ium, on the model of ī𲵾ܳ gleaning; a calque of Greek ԳٳDZDzí anthology
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of florilegium1

C17: Modern Latin, from Latin florilegus flower-collecting, from ڱō flower + legere to collect
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Example Sentences

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Prince Charles recently commissioned a florilegium of one of his properties, she says.

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Specimens of his apophthegms may be found in Diogenes Laertius and the florilegium of Stobaeus, while there are traces of his influence in Seneca.

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We have never seen so good and choice a florilegium.

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This is the Balkan - a florilegium of contradictions within contraventions, the mawkish and the jaded, the charitable and the deleterious, the feckless and the bumptious, evanescent and exotic, a mystery wrapped in an enigma.

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Look through the dictionary, and cull out a florilegium, rival the tulippomania.

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