http://wordie.org/words/chrestomathy Comments for the word 'Chrestomathy' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/words/chrestomathy#comments "'A trustworthy Turkish <a href="/words/scholar">scholar</a> would be unspeakably welcome -- a Godsend. At present we have to make do with a most <a href="/words/pitiful">pitiful</a> ancient one-eyed Greek <a href="/words/eunuch">eunuch</a> and Dupin's <a href="/words/chrestomathy">chrestomathy</a>. But would Mr. Graham ever consent to serve?'"<br />--Patrick O'Brian, <i>The Ionian Mission</i>, 225 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:48:11 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/chrestomathy#comments http://wordie.org/words/chrestomathy#comments In philology or in the study of literature, it is a type of reader or anthology which presents a sequence of example texts, selected to demonstrate the development of language or literary style. Sat, 06 Oct 2007 12:41:49 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/chrestomathy#comments