Miscellany

//ˈmɪsəleɪni// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An assortment of miscellaneous items. countable
  2. 2
    an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc. wordnet
  3. 3
    A collection of writings on various subjects or topics; an anthology. countable

    "a monthly miscellany of literature"

  4. 4
    a collection containing a variety of sorts of things wordnet
  5. 5
    The condition of being miscellaneous, of being a hodgepodge. uncountable

    "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."

Etymology

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

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