About The Word Miscellany
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Miscellany
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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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