chrestomathy
chrestomathy is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A selection of passages, with notes, etc., to be used in acquiring a language; as, a Hebrew chrestomathy.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- betacism
- bilingual
- comparative
- confusion
- current
- dead
- dialect
- dialectic
- express
- genius
- glossology
- glottology
- govern
- grammar
- household
- language
- lexicology
- lingo
- lingual
- linguistic
- linguistics
- literary
- literature
- mother
- native
- nunnation
- onomatopoeia
- paleography
- paleology
- pantomime
- pasigraphy
- philology
- phraseology
- polite
- polyglot
- republic
- scholar
- scholarship
- speech
- the
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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