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miscellany en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /mɪˈsɛləni/ (UK)
• /mɪˈsɛləni/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈmɪsələni/ (UK)
• /ˈmɪsəleɪni/ (US)

Etymology

Borrowed from French miscellanées, from Latin mīscellānea, from miscellus (“mixed”), from misceō (“to mix”).

Meanings

1. (countable) An assortment of miscellaneous items.
2. (countable) A collection of writings on various subjects or topics; an anthology.
   • a monthly miscellany of literature
3. (uncountable) 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:

Forms

Relateds

miscellaneous · miscellanea · miscellanist

Synonyms

slurry · horse and rabbit stew · miscellanea · congeries · salad · hotchpotch · hodgepodge · disjecta membra · miscellaneousness · hotchpot · mixed bag · ragbag · salmagundi · congeries · jumble · grab bag · Whitman's sampler · anthology · reader · galimatias · cocktail · mixture · farrago · olio · smorgasbord · gatherum · macedoine · catch-all · gallimaufry · welter · patchwork quilt · clamjamfrey · olla podrida · miscellany · motley · omnium-gatherum · bric-a-brac · pastiche · potpourri · mishmash · medley · oddments · crazyquilt · smorgasbord · rummage · melange · gallery · bouillabaisse · miscellanea · mingle-mangle · odds and ends · job lot

Translations (33)

ca miscel·lània (Miscellaneous items) · hu egyveleg (Miscellaneous items) · cs směs (Miscellaneous items) · cs všehochuť (Miscellaneous items) · es miscelánea (A collection of writings on various subjects, topics) · pl zbieranina (Miscellaneous items) · bg смесица (Miscellaneous items) · bg алманах (A collection of writings on various subjects, topics) · pl mieszanina (Miscellaneous items) · de Sammlung (A collection of writings on various subjects, topics) · sv antologi (A collection of writings on various subjects, topics) · pt miscelânea (A collection of writings on various subjects, topics) · fr miscellanée (Miscellaneous items) · ru ра́зное (Miscellaneous items) · hu keverék (Miscellaneous items) · pl miscellanea (A collection of writings on various subjects, topics) · ar مُتَفَرِّقات (Miscellaneous items) · cs směsice (Miscellaneous items) · ml പലവക (Miscellaneous items) · es antología (A collection of writings on various subjects, topics) · de Gemisch (Miscellaneous items) · ru сбо́рник (A collection of writings on various subjects, topics) · fr miscellanées (A collection of writings on various subjects, topics) · pl varia (A collection of writings on various subjects, topics) · pt miscelânea (Miscellaneous items) · bg сборник (A collection of writings on various subjects, topics) · gd measgachadh (Miscellaneous items) · ro culegere (A collection of writings on various subjects, topics) · ro antologie (A collection of writings on various subjects, topics) · es miscelánea (Miscellaneous items) · fr (Littéraire ou presse) varia (A collection of writings on various subjects, topics) · fr mélange (Miscellaneous items) · fr collection (Miscellaneous items)