miscellany
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French miscellanées, from Latin mīscellānea, from miscellus (“mixed”), from misceō (“to mix”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /mɪˈsɛləni/, /ˈmɪsələni/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɪsəleɪni/, /mɪˈsɛləni/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
[edit]miscellany (countable and uncountable, plural miscellanies)
- (countable) An assortment of miscellaneous items.
- Synonyms: miscellanea, congeries, smorgasbord; see also Thesaurus:hodgepodge
- (countable) A collection of writings on various subjects or topics; an anthology.
- Synonym: reader
- a monthly miscellany of literature
- (uncountable) The condition of being miscellaneous, of being a hodgepodge.
- Synonym: miscellaneousness
- 1896 March, Louis H. Sullivan, “The Tall Office Building Artistically Considered”, in Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine, volume 57, page 407:
- All of these critics and theorists agree, however, positively, unequivocally, in this, […] that miscellany is abhorrent to their sense; that the sixteen-story building must not consist of sixteen separate, distinct, and unrelated buildings piled one upon the other until the top of the pile is reached.
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[edit]Translations
[edit]Miscellaneous items
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A collection of writings on various subjects, topics
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