bloemlezing

Dutch

Etymology

bloem (“flower”) +‎ lezing (“reading”), a calque of Latin florilegium, itself a calque of Ancient Greek ἀνθολογία (anthología), from ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”) + λογία (logía, “reading”).

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Noun

bloemlezing f (plural bloemlezingen, diminutive bloemlezinkje n)

  1. anthology
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