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analects
(also analecta)
/ˈanəlɛkts/
plural noun
A collection of short literary or philosophical extracts.
Origin
Late
Middle English: via Latin from Greek analekta ‘things gathered up’,
from analegein ‘pick up’, from ana- ‘up’ + legein ‘gather’.
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It is doubtful that anyone will collect the contributions to this WotD series to publish it as analects. Philosophical we have rarely been and "literary", I think not!
