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Miscellany definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MIS'CELLANY, n. [L.miscellanea, from misceo, to mix.]
1. A mass or mixture of various kinds; particularly,
2. A book or pamphlet containing a collection of compositions on various subjects, or a collection of various kinds of compositions.
MIS'CELLANY, a. Miscellaneous.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions" [syn: assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley]
2: an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc. [syn: florilegium, garland, miscellany]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -nies) Etymology: probably modification of French miscellanées, plural, from Latin miscellanea Date: 1615 1. a. plural separate writings collected in one volume b. a collection of writings on various subjects 2. a mixture of various things

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -ies) 1 a mixture, a medley. 2 a book containing a collection of stories etc., or various literary compositions. Derivatives: miscellanist n. Etymology: F miscellanées (fem. pl.) or L MISCELLANEA

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Miscellany Mis"cel*la*ny, n.; pl. Miscellanies. [L. miscellanea, neut. pl. of. miscellaneus: cf. F. miscellan['e]e, pl. miscellan['e]es. See Miscellaneous.] A mass or mixture of various things; a medley; esp., a collection of compositions on various subjects. 'T is but a bundle or miscellany of sin; sins original, and sins actual. --Hewyt. Miscellany madam, a woman who dealt in various fineries; a milliner. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Miscellany Mis"cel*la*ny, a. Miscellaneous; heterogeneous. [Obs.] --Bacon.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(miscellanies) A miscellany of things is a collection or group of many different kinds of things. (WRITTEN) ...glass cases filled with a miscellany of objects... = assortment N-COUNT: oft N of n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Mixture, medley, diversity, variety, olio, farrago, salmagundi, hodge-podge, hotch-potch, mish-mash, jumble, gallimaufry, miscellaneous collection, mélange.

Moby Thesaurus

Festschrift, album, all sorts, ana, analects, anthology, assemblage, assortment, beauties, brew, broad spectrum, canon, chrestomathy, clippings, collectanea, collected works, collection, colluvies, compilation, complete works, conglomerate, conglomeration, cuttings, delectus, diversity, excerpta, excerpts, extracts, florilegium, flowers, fragments, gallimaufry, garden, garland, gleanings, hash, hodgepodge, hotchpot, hotchpotch, job lot, jumble, magpie, mash, medley, melange, melee, mess, mingle-mangle, miscellanea, mishmash, mix, mixed bag, mixture, motley, oddments, odds and ends, olio, olla podrida, omnibus, omnium gatherum, omnium-gatherum, pasticcio, pastiche, patchwork, photograph album, posy, potpourri, quotation book, salad, salmagundi, sauce, scramble, scrapbook, smorgasbord, stew, sundries, symposium, variety, what you will