miscellany
/mɪˈsɛləni/US/ˈmɪsəleɪni/
miscellany noun: an assortment of miscellaneous items.
Noun
miscellany (countable and uncountable, plural miscellanies)
- An assortment of miscellaneous items.
- Synonyms:
- miscellanea, congeries, smorgasbord, bouillabaisse, bric-a-brac, catch-all, clamjamfrey, cocktail, rummage, salad
- A collection of writings on various subjects or topics; an anthology.
- a monthly miscellany of literature
- Synonyms:
- reader
- 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
- Synonyms:
- miscellaneousness
miscellany meaning in Urdu, Malayalam, Kannada and Arabic
miscellany in Urdu
- معجون مرکب
miscellany in Malayalam
- Miscellaneous items
- പലവക palavaka
miscellany in Kannada
- ಸಂಕಲನ, ಸಂಕೀರ್ಣ ಸಂಪುಟ, ವಿವಿಧ ವಿಷಯ ಸಂಗ್ರಹ
miscellany in Arabic
- Miscellaneous items
- مُتَفَرِّقات mutafarriqāt
Synonyms of miscellany
- miscellanea
- congeries
- smorgasbord
- bouillabaisse
- bric-a-brac
- catch-all
- clamjamfrey
- cocktail
- rummage
- salad
30 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- anthology
- gallery
- gatherum
- crazyquilt
- disjecta membra
- farrago
- galimatias
- gallimaufry
- grab bag
- hodgepodge
- horse and rabbit stew
- hotchpotch
- hotchpot
- job lot
- jumble
- macedoine
- medley
- melange
- mingle-mangle
- mishmash
- mixed bag
- mixture
- motley
- odds and ends
- oddments
- olio
- olla podrida
- omnium-gatherum
- pastiche
- patchwork quilt
Forms of miscellany
| plural | miscellanies |
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Origin of miscellany
Borrowed from French miscellanées, from Latin mīscellānea, from miscellus (“mixed”), from misceō (“to mix”).
Questions about miscellany
- What does miscellany mean?
- Miscellany means an assortment of miscellaneous items.
- What is miscellany in Urdu?
- Miscellany in Urdu is معجون مرکب. See Miscellany meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is miscellany?
- Miscellany is a noun.
- How do you pronounce miscellany?
- Miscellany is pronounced /mɪˈsɛləni/ (UK).
- What is the plural of miscellany?
- The plural of miscellany is miscellanies.
Words near miscellany in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: miscellany (page history and authors); miscellany (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); miscellany (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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