Word of the Day – Chrestomathy

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”