miscellany

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
  2. noun an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

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

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