miscellaneum

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UK/ˌmɪsəˈleɪnɪəm/

noun

A miscellany.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounmiscellaneum (plural miscellanea)

plural miscellanea

  1. datedrareA miscellany.

    The second part was devoted to a miscellaneum. It commenced with a reference to the interdiction of stage entertainment in the time of the Protectorate.

    1851, The Musical World, page 129
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    Cornu Copia : A Miscellaneum of lucriferous and most fructiferous Experiments, Observations, and Discoveries, immethodically distributed ; to be really demonstrated and communicated in all Sincerity.

    1652: Samuel Hartlib, Cornu Copia : A Miscellaneum of lucriferous and most fructiferous Experiments, Observations, and Discoveries, immethodically distributed ; to be really demonstrated and communicated in all Sincerity., book title (Harleian Miscellany, volume VI, pages 27–36)

    Aside from those cited in this miscellaneum, other copies are to be seen at Bryn Mawr (inscribed by Kennerley to R. W. Ellis); Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; and private collection 1.

    1999: Housman Society, Housman Society Journal, page 87 (Turner & Devereux)

    In this miscellaneum I would like to describe a medieval translation of Keter Malkhut which, to the best of my knowledge, has not been noted anywhere in scholarly literature.

    2004, Shlomo Berger, Michael Brocke, Irene E Zwiep, Zutot 2003, Springer, →ISBN, page 28, →ISBN

Origin

Perhaps by back-formation from miscellanea, in accordance with the -um → -a rule of plural formation of neuter nouns in the nominative case from the Latin second declension.

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APA

miscellaneum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miscellaneum

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Chicago

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