miscellany

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English

WOTD – 27 October 2015

Etymology

Borrowed from French miscellanées, from Latin miscellanea, from miscellus (“mixed”), from misceō (“to mix”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /mɪˈsɛl.ə.ni/, /ˈmɪ.səl.ə.ni/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɪs.əˌleɪ.ni/, /mɪˈsɛl.ə.ni/
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Noun

miscellany (countable and uncountable, plural miscellanies)

  1. (countable) An assortment of miscellaneous items.
    Synonyms: miscellanea, smorgasbord; see also Thesaurus:hodgepodge
  2. (countable) A collection of writings on various subjects or topics; an anthology.
    Synonym: reader
    a monthly miscellany of literature
  3. (uncountable) The condition of being miscellaneous, of being a hodgepodge.
    Synonym: miscellaneousness
    • 1896 March, Louis H. Sullivan, “The Tall Office Building Artistically Considered”, in Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine, volume 57, page 407:
      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 reached.

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