English Explanatory Dictionary

speculum literature

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A medieval literary genre, popular from the 12th through the 16th centuries, inspired by the urge to encompass encyclopedic knowledge within a single work.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of speculum literature.

Word forms

speculum literature speculum-literature

Etymology

From Latin speculum (“mirror”) in the title of these works.

Synonyms

mirror literature
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