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noun
[ ˈanəlɛkts ]
• 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’.