miscellanea
Americanplural noun
plural noun
Etymology
Origin of miscellanea
1565–75; < Latin miscellānea hash, hodgepodge, noun use of neuter plural of miscellāneus miscellaneous
Example Sentences
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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
Sicily, memorandum of a month's tour in the museum of Palermo, 20 the lunatic asylum, ib. miscellanea, 21 journey to Segeste, 23 Sicilian inns, 24 approach to Messina, 28 journey to Taormina, 30 Catania, 33.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 by Various
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