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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Officials from the archives retrieve 15 boxes containing presidential records and other sensitive material, along with various news clippings and other miscellanea.
From New York Times ● Aug. 26, 2022
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
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
Later, he remembers the day an antiquarian in Barcelona called him to say there was an orphaned box of Cuban miscellanea that was available.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2013
All collected works, or polygraphy, may form an alphabet, as well as poetry, dramatic works, collections of letters, and miscellanea, arranged by authors' names.
From A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries by Ainsworth Rand Spofford
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