miscellany

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Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
21
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/mɪˈsɛləni/ (UK)
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/mɪˈsɛləni/ (UK) · /ˈmɪsələni/ (UK) · /ˈmɪsəleɪni/ (US) · /mɪˈsɛləni/ (US)

Definition of miscellany

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable)An assortment of miscellaneous items.
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noun

  1. (countable)An assortment of miscellaneous items.
  2. (countable)A collection of writings on various subjects or topics; an anthology.
    “a monthly miscellany of literature”
  3. (uncountable)The condition of being miscellaneous, of being a hodgepodge.
    “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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Etymology

Borrowed from French miscellanées, from Latin mīscellānea, from miscellus (“mixed”), from misceō (“to mix”).

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