miscellanea

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

Borrowed from Latin miscellānea, neuter plural of miscellāneus, from miscellus (“mixed”), from misceō (“to mix”).

MISCELLANEA. Long Sir Thomas Robinson. — English Eccentrics and Eccentricities, John Timbs
[472] Ormerod's "Miscellanea Palatina," 73; Nichols's "Coll. — Shakespeare's family, C. C. (Charlotte Carmichael) Stopes
There is a young fellow here in town we are all fond of, and about a year or two come from the University, one Harrison, {36c} a little pretty fellow, with a great deal of wit, good sense, and good nature; has written some mighty pretty things; that in your 6th Miscellanea, {37a} about the Sprig of an Orange, is his: he has nothing to live on but being governor to one of the Duke of Queensberry’s {37b} sons for forty pounds a year. — The Journal to Stella, Jonathan Swift

assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley

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