miscellanea

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɪsəˈleɪnɪə/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

miscellanea (plural miscellanea)

1. A miscellaneous collection of different things; a miscellany.
   • 1897, George Egerton, Symphonies, page 238:

     Bright copper utensils, strings of onions, and gigantic sausages, wine-skins, chillies, and castanets hung with a miscellanea of all kinds from the roof and walls.

   • 1917, Herbert David Croly, editor, The New Republic, volume 9, page 89:

     Long tables of statistics from the Census Reports, extracts from books, and sometimes whole books reappear in the Record, jumbled into a miscellanea that includes a flamboyant discourse on “The Outlook for Prosperity,” […]

   • 1989, Thomas G. Pavel, Fictional Worlds, page 70:

     Through a renewed process of selection, miscellanea are cut down to compendia, which, once structurally organized, become texts

Synonyms

• miscellany

Related terms

• miscellaneous
• miscellany

Etymology 2

Noun

miscellanea

1. plural of miscellaneum

Anagrams

• mésalliance

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Italian

Etymology

Plural of miscellaneo, or borrowed from Latin miscellanea.

Noun

miscellanea f (plural miscellanee)

1. miscellany

Related terms

• miscellaneo

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) miscellānea

1. nominative feminine singular of miscellāneus
2. nominative neuter plural of miscellāneus
3. accusative neuter plural of miscellāneus
4. vocative feminine singular of miscellāneus
5. nominative neuter plural of miscellāneus

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) miscellāneā

1. ablative feminine singular of miscellāneus

References

• “miscellanea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers