What does "miscellanist" mean?

An author or editor of one or more miscellanies; one who produces written works having a wide range of forms or kinds of content.

What is a synonym for "miscellanist"?

Common synonyms include: miscellanarian, miscellanarian.

adj, noun

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Noun

1
An author or editor of one or more miscellanies; one who produces written works having a wide range of forms or kinds of content.
"Leigh Hunt tried almost every conceivable kind of literature, including a historical novel. […] All this we may not unkindly brush away, and consider him first as a poet, secondly as a critic, and thirdly as what can be best, though rather unphilosophically, called a miscellanist."

Adjective

1
Having the characteristics of a miscellany. not-comparable
"Punjab Notes and Queries […] was ethnographic and miscellanist in nature, but its organization was confused."

"Punjab Notes and Queries […] was ethnographic and miscellanist in nature, but its organization was confused."

From miscellany + -ist.

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