collectanea

English

Noun

collectanea pl (plural only)

  1. A selective collection of passages from various sources or by various authors; an anthology.
    • 1921 [1919], H. L. Mencken, The American Language, 2nd edition, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, →OCLC:
      Some of the more familiar conjugations of verbs in the American common speech, as recorded by Charters or Lardner or derived from my own collectanea, are here set down: []

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