miscellany

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a varied collection or mixture of different kinds of things

   The station yard contained a miscellany of carts, bicycles, and abandoned luggage.

2. 2
   noun

   a book or collection of writings by different authors or on varied subjects

   The publisher issued a miscellany of essays, poems, and letters.

From French miscellanees and Latin miscellanea, 'a mixture of writings,' based on miscellus, 'mixed,' from miscere, 'to mix.' The literary sense broadened naturally to any varied collection of objects or elements.

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