Miscellanea

//ˌmɪsəˈleɪnɪə// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    plural of miscellaneum form-of, plural
  3. 3
    a collection containing a variety of sorts of things wordnet

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miscellanyalbumanaanalectsanthologyassortment

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"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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin miscellānea, neuter plural of miscellāneus, from miscellus (“mixed”), from misceō (“I mix”).

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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