miscellanea
/ˌmɪsəˈleɪnɪə/
miscellanea noun: a miscellaneous collection of different things; a miscellany. Also the plural of miscellaneum.
Noun
miscellanea (plural miscellanea)
- A miscellaneous collection of different things; a miscellany.
- 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.1897, George Egerton, Symphonies, page 238
- 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,” […]1917, Herbert David Croly, editor, The New Republic, volume 9, page 89
- Synonyms:
- miscellany
Also used as
miscellanea is also the plural of miscellaneum.
Synonyms of miscellanea
Forms of miscellanea
| plural | miscellanea |
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Origin of miscellanea
Borrowed from Latin miscellānea, neuter plural of miscellāneus, from miscellus (“mixed”), from misceō (“to mix”).
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Questions about miscellanea
- What does miscellanea mean?
- Miscellanea means a miscellaneous collection of different things; a miscellany.
- What part of speech is miscellanea?
- Miscellanea is a noun.
- How do you pronounce miscellanea?
- Miscellanea is pronounced /ˌmɪsəˈleɪnɪə/.
- What is the plural of miscellanea?
- The plural of miscellanea is miscellanea.
Words near miscellanea in the dictionary
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