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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The miscellanea included twisted wood, yellowed newspaper clippings, a Russian verb finder and piles of paintings.
From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2024
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 imitation of Antimachus he wrote a work called Catachannae, probably a kind of miscellanea.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various
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