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

Etymology 2

Noun

miscellanea

  1. plural of miscellaneum

Anagrams


Italian

Etymology

Plural of miscellaneo, or borrowed from Latin miscellanea.

Noun

miscellanea f (plural miscellanee)

  1. miscellany

Latin

Adjective

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

miscellāneā

  1. ablative feminine singular of miscellāneus

References

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