miscellany
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, florilegium, garland, miscellanea, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety, Whitman's sampler, bouillabaisse, bric-a-brac, catch-all, clamjamfrey, cocktail, congeries, crazyquilt, disjecta membra, farrago, galimatias, gallimaufry, grab bag, hodgepodge, horse and rabbit stew, hotchpot, hotchpotch, job lot, jumble, macedoine, medley, melange, mingle-mangle, miscellaneousness, miscellany, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, olio, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, pastiche, patchwork quilt, ragbag, reader, slurry, welter
Scrabble Score: 17
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