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miscellanies

miscellanies is the plural of miscellany.

Meaning of miscellany

Noun

miscellany (countable and uncountable, plural miscellanies)

  1. (countable) An assortment of miscellaneous items.
  2. (countable) A collection of writings on various subjects or topics; an anthology.
    • a monthly miscellany of literature
    Synonyms:
    reader
  3. (uncountable) The condition of being miscellaneous, of being a hodgepodge.
    • All of these critics and theorists agree, however, positively, unequivocally, in this, […] that miscellany is abhorrent to their sense; that the sixteen-story building must not consist of sixteen separate, distinct, and unrelated buildings piled one upon the other until the top of the pile is...1896 March, Louis H. Sullivan, “The Tall Office Building Artistically Considered”, in Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine, volume 57, page 407

Questions about miscellanies

What is miscellanies the plural of?
Miscellanies is the plural of miscellany.

Words near miscellanies in the dictionary

  1. miscellaneous charge order
  2. miscellaneous charge orders
  3. miscellaneously
  4. miscellaneousness
  5. miscellaneum
  6. miscellanies
  7. miscellanious
  8. miscellanist
  9. miscellanists
  10. miscellany
  11. miscensure

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