miscellany
nounUK /mɪˈsɛləni/ · US /ˈmɪsəleɪni/
Etymology Borrowed from French miscellanées, from Latin mīscellānea, from miscellus (“mixed”), from misceō (“to mix”).
1
An assortment of miscellaneous items.
2
A collection of writings on various subjects or topics; an anthology.
- a monthly miscellany of literature
3
The condition of being miscellaneous, of being a hodgepodge.
- All of these critics and theorists agree, however, positively, unequivocally, in this, […] that miscellany is abhorrent to their sense; that the sixteen-story building must not consist of sixteen separate, distinct, and unrelated buildings piled one upon the other until the top of the pile is reached.1896 March, Louis H. Sullivan, “The Tall Office Building Artistically Considered”, in Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine, volume 57, page 407:
- Related terms
- miscellanea, miscellaneous, miscellanist