Chrestomathy (noun)
kres-tom-a-thee
A selection of passages from an author or authors, designed to help in learning a language.
Mid 19th century from Greek khrēstomatheia, from khrēstos ‘useful’ + -matheia ‘learning’.
Example sentences
“The Oriental chrestomathy was helpful, but Mandarin will be hard to learn”
Mackle (verb) mak-ul to blur, as from a double impression in printing First used in 1585–95. A variant of earlier macle, makle; earlier macule (from the Latin macula, “spot, blemish”).…