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Miscellany

Miscellany Meaning & Definition
Miscellany Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Miscellany?

[n] an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.
[n] a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Miscellany: assortment | florilegium | garland | miscellanea | mixed bag | mixture | motley | potpourri | salmagundi | variety

Related Terms | Find terms related to Miscellany: 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 | Festschrift | 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

See Also | accumulation | aggregation | anthology | assemblage | collection | farrago | hodgepodge | hotchpotch | melange | mingle-mangle | mishmash | oddments | odds and ends | omnium-gatherum | ragbag | range | sampler | selection

Miscellany In Webster's Dictionary

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

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