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CHRESTOMATHY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does chrestomathy mean?
• CHRESTOMATHY (noun)
The noun CHRESTOMATHY has 1 sense:
1. a selection of passages from different authors that is compiled as an aid in learning a language
Familiarity information: CHRESTOMATHY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A selection of passages from different authors that is compiled as an aid in learning a language
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("chrestomathy" is a kind of...):
excerpt; excerption; extract; selection (a passage selected from a larger work)
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