Meanings
miscellanea1
- A miscellaneous collection of different things; a miscellany.
Through a renewed process of selection, miscellanea are cut down to compendia, which, once structurally organized, become texts
1989, Thomas G. Pavel, Fictional Worlds, page 702 more examples
Bright copper utensils, strings of onions, and gigantic sausages, wine-skins, chillies, and castanets hung with a miscellanea of all kinds from the roof and walls.
1897, George Egerton, Symphonies, page 238Long tables of statistics from the Census Reports, extracts from books, and sometimes whole books reappear in the Record, jumbled into a miscellanea that includes a flamboyant discourse on “The Outlook for Prosperity,” […]
1917, Herbert David Croly, editor, The New Republic, volume 9, page 89Synonyms: miscellany
miscellanea2
- pluralplural of miscellaneum
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA miscellaneous collection of different things; a miscellany.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna collection containing a variety of sorts of things
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Origin
miscellanea · noun
- Latinmiscellānea
- Englishmiscellanea
Borrowed from Latin miscellānea, neuter plural of miscellāneus, from miscellus (“mixed”), from misceō (“to mix”).
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Full word history & related roots →miscellanea · noun
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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