Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural Miscellaneous items or written works collected together.
from The Century Dictionary.
- A collection of miscellaneous matters of any kind; specifically, a collection of miscellaneous literary compositions; miscellanies.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural A collection of miscellaneous matters; matters of various kinds.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun countable A
miscellaneous collection of different things; amiscellany . - noun Plural form of
miscellaneum .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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But I should misinform you grossly if I left you to infer that his collections were a heap of incoherent 'miscellanea'.
Literary Remains, Volume 1 Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1803
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He also wrote cookbooks and other books about food including a miscellanea, "Lang's Compendium of Culinary Trivia and Nonsense."
Gastronomic Guru Restyled Food Scene Stephen Miller 2011
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I do have plans for Actual Posts on things like trilogy structure, romances I've been on a Jennifer Crusie binge and etcetera miscellanea--next week!
March 2010 2010
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I do have plans for Actual Posts on things like trilogy structure, romances I've been on a Jennifer Crusie binge and etcetera miscellanea--next week!
Friday Hangovers 2010
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I do have plans for Actual Posts on things like trilogy structure, romances I've been on a Jennifer Crusie binge and etcetera miscellanea--next week!
Shaken & Stirred 2010
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I do have plans for Actual Posts on things like trilogy structure, romances I've been on a Jennifer Crusie binge and etcetera miscellanea--next week!
Hangovers 2010
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Too much meta isn't nearly as fun as too much miscellanea.
Glorious Miscellanea 2010
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Too much meta isn't nearly as fun as too much miscellanea.
Glorious Miscellanea 2010
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Excellent link to Mike Holliday's site: makes me want to chase down all these miscellanea.
J G Ballard, Chris Evans, 'The Invisible Years' (1977) Adam Roberts 2010
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I do have plans for Actual Posts on things like trilogy structure, romances I've been on a Jennifer Crusie binge and etcetera miscellanea--next week!
Friday Hangovers 2010
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