miscellanea
miscellanea · miscellanea
A miscellaneous collection of different thingsA miscellaneous collection of different things; a miscellany.
/ˌmɪsəˈleɪnɪə/
Meaning
1 sensesA miscellaneous collection of different things; a miscellany.
a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
Origin
Borrowed from Latin miscellānea, neuter plural of miscellāneus, from miscellus (“mixed”),Borrowed from Latin miscellānea, neuter plural of miscellāneus, from miscellus (“mixed”), from misceō (“to mix”).
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Forms
plural: miscellanea| Singular | miscellanea |
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irregular · Lesson
Synonyms
9 synonymsClose in meaning
- a collection containing a variety of sorts of things:assortmentmixturemixed bagmiscellanyvarietysalmagundismorgasbordpotpourri
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular