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adespota, n. pl. Bibliogr.|əˈdɛspətə|
[neut. pl. of Gr. ἀδέσποτος without owner, f. ἀ- priv. + δεσπότης master, despot.]
Literary works not attributed to (or claimed by) an author.
Orig. used as a title of collections of anonymous Greek poetry.
1897Times 27 Oct. 10 A bibliographical papper on Burns's adespota; verses fugitive, unsanctioned, or apocryphal. 1904A. W. Pollard in Library 2nd Ser. V. 20 The cards were then sorted out according to countries, towns and presses, with a large section of ‘adespota’. 1913R. B. McKerrow Printers' & Publ. Devices Introd. p. 1, To lump together a large number of blocks of every date and style in a class of Adespota. |