n.
Pronunciation: kre- ' stä-m ə -th ē
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -thies
Etymology: New Latin chrestomathia, from Greek chr ē stomatheia, from chr ē stos useful + manthanein to learn ― more at MATHEMATICAL
Date: 1832
1 : a selection of passages used to help learn a language
2 : a volume of selected passages or stories of an author