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: […]]

Translations

anthology

• Latin: collectanea
• Portuguese: coletânea (pt)
• Russian: антоло́гия (ru) f (antológija), сбо́рник (ru) m (sbórnik)