WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
chres•tom•a•thy
(kres tom′ə thē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -thies.
chres•to•math•ic
(kres′tə math′ik),USA pronunciation adj.
- Literaturea collection of selected literary passages, often by one author and esp. from a foreign language.
- Greek chrēstomátheia, equivalent. to chrēstó(s) useful (chrēs-, stem of chrêsthai to use + -tos verb, verbal adjective, adjectival suffix) + math- (variant stem of manthánein to learn) + -eia -y3
- Neo-Latin chrestomathia
- 1825–35;