Associations to the word «Chrestomathy»

Wiktionary

CHRESTOMATHY, noun. A collection of written passages, used to learn an unfamiliar language.
CHRESTOMATHY, noun. A collection of choice passages from an author or authors.

Dictionary definition

CHRESTOMATHY, noun. A selection of passages from different authors that is compiled as an aid in learning a language.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne