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miscellaneum en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌmɪsəˈleɪnɪəm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

Perhaps by back-formation from miscellanea, in accordance with the -um → -a rule of plural formation of neuter nouns in the nominative case from the Latin second declension.

Meanings

1. (dated, rare) A miscellany.
   • Aside from those cited in this miscellaneum, other copies are to be seen at Bryn Mawr (inscribed by Kennerley to R. W. Ellis); Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; and private collection 1. 1999: Housman Society, Housman Society Journal, page 87 (Turner & Devereux)
   • In this miscellaneum I would like to describe a medieval translation of Keter Malkhut which, to the best of my knowledge, has not been noted anywhere in scholarly literature. 2004, Shlomo Berger, Michael Brocke, Irene E Zwiep, Zutot 2003, Springer, →ISBN, page 28, →ISBN:
   • The second part was devoted to a miscellaneum. It commenced with a reference to the interdiction of stage entertainment in the time of the Protectorate. 1851, The Musical World, page 129:
   • Cornu Copia : A Miscellaneum of lucriferous and most fructiferous Experiments, Observations, and Discoveries, immethodically distributed ; to be really demonstrated and communicated in all Sincerity. 1652: Samuel Hartlib, Cornu Copia : A Miscellaneum of lucriferous and most fructiferous Experiments, Observations, and Discoveries, immethodically distributed ; to be really demonstrated and communicated in all Sincerity., book title (Harleian Miscellany, volume VI, pages 27–36)

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