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1615–25; < Latin analecta < Greek análekta, neuter plural of análektos (verbal adjective of analégein to pick up, gather up), equivalent to ana- ana- + -lek- gather (variant of -leg-) + -tos verbal adjective suffix
1615–25; < Latin analecta < Greek análekta, neuter plural of análektos (verbal adjective of analégein to pick up, gather up), equivalent to ana- ana- + -lek- gather (variant of -leg-) + -tos verbal adjective suffix
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an·a·lec·tic, adjective
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analects
1650s, "literary gleanings," from Gk. analekta, lit. "things chosen," neut. pl. of analektos "select, choice," verbal adj. of analegein "to gather up, collect," from ana- "up" + legein "to gather," also "to choose words," hence "to speak" (see lecture).
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