miscellany
Meanings
Plural: miscellanies
Noun
- a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
- an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.
- An assortment of miscellaneous items.
- A collection of writings on various subjects or topics; an anthology.
- The condition of being miscellaneous, of being a hodgepodge.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from French miscellanées, from Latin mīscellānea, from miscellus (“mixed”), from misceō (“to mix”).
Synonyms
assortment, bouillabaisse, bric-a-brac, catch-all, clamjamfrey, cocktail, congeries, crazyquilt, disjecta membra, farrago, florilegium, galimatias, gallimaufry, garland, grab bag, hodgepodge, horse and rabbit stew, hotchpot, hotchpotch, job lot, jumble, macedoine, medley, melange, mingle-mangle, miscellanea, miscellaneousness, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, mixture, motley, oddments, odds and ends, olio, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, pastiche, patchwork quilt, potpourri, ragbag, reader, salmagundi, slurry, smorgasbord, variety, welter, Whitman's sampler
Scrabble Score: 17
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