Analects Definition
ănə-lĕkts
noun
Selections from or parts of a literary work or group of works. Often used as a title.
American Heritage
Collected literary excerpts or passages.
Webster's New World
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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Analects
- the Analects
Origin of Analects
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Greek analekta selected things from neuter pl. of analektos gathered together from analegein to gather ana- ana- legein to gather leg- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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1658, from Ancient Greek ἀνάλεκτα (analekta, “things chosen”), from ἀνα- (ana-, “up”) + λέγειν (legein, “to gather”). Compare lecture.
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