con·ge·ries
/kɒnˈdʒɪəriz, ˈkɒndʒəriz/ [kon-jeer-eez, kon-juh-reez]
–noun(used with a singular or plural verb)
a collection of items or parts in one mass; assemblage; aggregation; heap: From the airplane the town resembled a congeries of tiny boxes.
Origin:
1610–20; < L: a heap, equiv. to conger- (s. of congerere to collect, heap up, equiv. to con- con- + gerere to bear, carry) + -iēs n. suffix; cf. rabies, series
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con·ge·ries (kən-jîr'ēz', kŏn'jə-rēz')
n. (used with a sing. verb)
A collection; an aggregation: "Our city, it should be explained, is two cities, or more—an urban mass or congeries divided by the river" (John Updike).
[Latin congeriēs, from congerere, to heap up; see congest.]
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Word Origin & History
congeries
1610s, from L. congeries "heap, pile, collected mass," from congerere "to carry together" (see congest). False sing. congery is from 1866.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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