Obs. rare–1. [ad. Gr. ἀνάλεκτ-ος, -ον, ‘gathered up,’ also ‘choice, select, recherché’: see next.] The select part, the choice essence; the ‘cream’ or marrow.
a. 1650. R. Mason, Lett., in Bulwer’s Anthropomet. Man, the Analect of all their perfections.
