Definitions for collectanea

collectanea col·lec·ta·ne·a

Spelling: [kol-ek-tey-nee-uh]
IPA: /ˌkɒl ɛkˈteɪ ni ə/

Collectanea is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 454 anagrams from letters in collectanea (aacceellnot).

Definitions for collectanea

plural noun

  1. collected passages, especially as arranged in a miscellany or anthology.

Origin of collectanea

1785-95; Latin, neuter plural of collēctāneus gathered together, equivalent to collēct(us) (past participle of colligere; see collect1) + -āneus adj. su

Examples for collectanea

They are, he thinks, a better example of this genre of books than Latinius's collectanea.

Jacquin (Nicolaus Joseph) collectanea ad botanicam, chemiam, et historiam naturalem spectantia.

The original not being available, I have used the copy in the "collectanea" before mentioned.

He is recorded by Leland under both these names, in his collectanea, scil.

A copy of this inscription is preserved in the collectanea Topographica et Genealogica, vol.

One of the most curious pictorial and antiquarian blunders may be seen in Vallancey's collectanea.

He undertakes to send the three parts of the collectanea and the book De Scriptt.

So much is certain, for Lindley makes the statement in his collectanea Botanica.

Your correspondents may be referred to Capgrave; to Leland, collectanea, vol.

Leland, in his "collectanea," asserts that painters constantly represented Judas the traitor with a red head.

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