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Added 10 October 2026

florilegium

/ˌflɔɹəˈliːdʒi.əm/ noun

Latin root: flōrilegium Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about florilegium at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

An anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.

Origin

Borrowed from Renaissance Latin flōrilegium, calque of Ancient Greek ἀνθολογία (anthología, “flower-gathering”) (compare English anthology), so called because flowers were used as symbols of the finer sensibility of literature.

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