Museum: alternatives and connections

A suffix to names of persons or places, used to denote a collection of notable sayings, literary gossip, anecdotes, etc. Thus, Scalige…

Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the Academic sect or philosophy.

A collection of literary fragments.

A discourse on flowers.

A place in which a collection of rare trees and shrubs is cultivated for scientific or educational purposes.

A temple of Athene, at Athens, in which scholars and poets were accustomed to read their works and instruct students.

The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; hence, the act of obtaining by efforts.

Polite or elegant literature; the humanities; -- used somewhat vaguely for literary works in which imagination and taste are predomina…

Miscellaneous curiosities and works of decorative art, considered collectively.

One who shows strangers the curiosities of a place; a guide.

Alt. of Classical

An associate in labor, especially in literary or scientific labor.

A meeting or assembly for conversation, particularly on literary or scientific subjects.

One skilled in judging of the merits of literary or artistic works; a connoisseur; an adept; hence, one who examines literary or artis…

To tell or utter so that another may write down; to inspire; to compose; as, to dictate a letter to an amanuensis.

A composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action, and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to depict a series of g…

A companion; a comrade; an associate; a partner; a sharer.

a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological developm…