miscellanea
Americanplural noun
plural noun
Etymology
Origin of miscellanea
1565–75; < Latin miscellānea hash, hodgepodge, noun use of neuter plural of miscellāneus miscellaneous
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Mr. Sacks has experience in audio broadcasting as a co-host of the popular “All-In” podcast, which features an assemblage of Silicon Valley figures discussing technology, politics and miscellanea.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2023
With immense skill, Delbourgo mines Sloane's vast correspondence to uncover the global networks on which he relied to accumulate miscellanea.
From Nature ● May 23, 2017
Thick, satisfying folios bear nearly 300 gloriously oversize full-bleed vintage prints, paintings and visual miscellanea that have become part of his work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2016
These writings did not describe the miscellanea of court life – instead, they were the ur-texts of Chinese culture.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 8, 2016
In this manner march they, a mixed, continually increasing multitude; armed with axes, staves and miscellanea; grim, many-sounding, through the streets.
From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle
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