Miscellanea

Origin

From Latin miscellus ("mixed"), from misceō ("to mix").

Full definition of miscellanea

Noun

1. (countable) A miscellaneous collection of different things; a miscellany.
• 1897, George Egerton, Symphonies, Bright copper utensils, strings of onions, and gigantic sausages, wine-skins, chillies, and castanets hung with a miscellanea of all kinds from the roof and walls.
• 1917, Long tables of statistics from the Census Reports, extracts from books, and sometimes whole books reappear in the Record, jumbled into a miscellanea that includes a flamboyant discourse on “ The Outlook for Prosperity,”
• 1989, Thomas G. Pavel, Fictional Worlds, Through a renewed process of selection, miscellanea are cut down to compendia, which, once structurally organized, become texts
2. (extremely rare) Plural of miscellaneum

Synonyms

• miscellany

Related terms

• miscellaneous
• miscellany

Anagrams

• mésalliance