— chrestomathic /kres'teuh math"ik/ , adj.
/kres tom"euh thee/ , n. , pl. chrestomathies .
a collection of selected literary passages, often by one author and esp. from a foreign language.
[ 1825-35; chrestomathia chrestomátheia, equiv. to chrestó ( s ) useful ( chres-, s. of chrêsthai to use + -tos v. adj. suffix) + math- (var. s. of manthánein to learn) + -eia -Y 3 ]