noun
argosy
An abundant or valuable collection of something.
The archive offered an argosy of forgotten stories.
Etymology
Ragusa’s name gave English a term for a large merchant ship. The image of a vessel carrying rich cargo then supplied a figurative name for an abundant or valuable collection.
In context
he's an argosy of funny stories and jokes
More examples
- Her notebooks were an argosy of observations.
- The anthology contained an argosy of literary treasures.
- He described the collection as an argosy of knowledge.
Forms
argosy · argosies