Miscellany

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Miscellany \Mis"cel*la*ny\, n.; pl. {Miscellanies}. [L.
     miscellanea, neut. pl. of. miscellaneus: cf. F.
     miscellan['e]e, pl. miscellan['e]es. See {Miscellaneous}.]
     A mass or mixture of various things; a medley; esp., a
     collection of compositions on various subjects.
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           'T is but a bundle or miscellany of sin; sins original,
           and sins actual.                         --Hewyt.
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     {Miscellany madam}, a woman who dealt in various fineries; a
        milliner. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Miscellany \Mis"cel*la*ny\ (m[i^]s"s[e^]l*l[asl]*n[y^]), a.
     Miscellaneous; heterogeneous. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  miscellany
       n 1: a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a
            great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a
            variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of
            religions" [syn: {assortment}, {mixture}, {mixed bag}, {miscellanea},
             {variety}, {salmagundi}, {smorgasbord}, {potpourri}, {motley}]
       2: an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads
          etc. [syn: {florilegium}, {garland}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  79 Moby Thesaurus words for "miscellany":
     Festschrift, album, all sorts, ana, analects, anthology,
     assemblage, assortment, beauties, brew, broad spectrum, canon,
     chrestomathy, clippings, collectanea, collected works, collection,
     colluvies, compilation, complete works, conglomerate,
     conglomeration, cuttings, delectus, diversity, excerpta, excerpts,
     extracts, florilegium, flowers, fragments, gallimaufry, garden,
     garland, gleanings, hash, hodgepodge, hotchpot, hotchpotch,
     job lot, jumble, magpie, mash, medley, melange, melee, mess,
     mingle-mangle, miscellanea, mishmash, mix, mixed bag, mixture,
     motley, oddments, odds and ends, olio, olla podrida, omnibus,
     omnium gatherum, omnium-gatherum, pasticcio, pastiche, patchwork,
     photograph album, posy, potpourri, quotation book, salad,
     salmagundi, sauce, scramble, scrapbook, smorgasbord, stew,
     sundries, symposium, variety, what you will