Meaning of MISCELLANY
| Pronunciation: | | 'misu`leynee
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- [n] an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.
- [n] a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"
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| | Synonyms: | | assortment, florilegium, garland, miscellanea, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, variety |
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| | See Also: | | accumulation, aggregation, anthology, assemblage, collection, farrago, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag, range, sampler, selection | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Mis"cel*la*ny\, n.; pl. {Miscellanies}. [L.
miscellanea, neut. pl. of. miscellaneus: cf. F.
miscellan['e]e, pl. miscellan['e]es. See {Miscellaneous}.]
A mass or mixture of various things; a medley; esp., a
collection of compositions on various subjects.
'T is but a bundle or miscellany of sin; sins original,
and sins actual. --Hewyt.
{Miscellany madam}, a woman who dealt in various fineries; a
milliner. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
\Mis"cel*la*ny\, a.
Miscellaneous; heterogeneous. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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| | Related Terms: | | album, all sorts, ana, analects, anthology, assemblage, assortment, beauties, brew, broad spectrum, canon, chrestomathy, clippings, collectanea, collected works, collection, colluvies, compilation, complete works, conglomerate, conglomeration, cuttings, delectus, diversity, excerpta, excerpts, extracts, Festschrift, florilegium, flowers, fragments, gallimaufry, garden, garland, gleanings, hash, hodgepodge, hotchpot, hotchpotch, job lot, jumble, magpie, mash, medley, melange, melee, mess, mingle-mangle, miscellanea, mishmash, mix, mixed bag, mixture, motley, oddments, odds and ends, olio, olla podrida, omnibus, omnium gatherum, omnium-gatherum, pasticcio, pastiche, patchwork, photograph album, posy, potpourri, quotation book, salad, salmagundi, sauce, scramble, scrapbook, smorgasbord, stew, sundries, symposium, variety, what you will |
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