miscellanea
noun/ˌmɪsəˈleɪnɪə/
Etymology Borrowed from Latin miscellānea, neuter plural of miscellāneus, from miscellus (“mixed”), from misceō (“to mix”).
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A miscellaneous collection of different things; a miscellany.
- Bright copper utensils, strings of onions, and gigantic sausages, wine-skins, chillies, and castanets hung with a miscellanea of all kinds from the roof and walls.1897, George Egerton, Symphonies, page 238:
- Long tables of statistics from the Census Reports, extracts from books, and sometimes whole books reappear in the Record, jumbled into a miscellanea that includes a flamboyant discourse on “The Outlook for Prosperity,” […]1917, Herbert David Croly, editor, The New Republic, volume 9, page 89:
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- Through a renewed process of selection, miscellanea are cut down to compendia, which, once structurally organized, become texts1989, Thomas G. Pavel, Fictional Worlds, page 70:
- Related terms
- miscellaneous, miscellany