miscellany

American  

[mis-uh-ley-nee, mi-sel-uh-nee] / ˈmɪs əˌleɪ ni, mɪˈsɛl ə ni /

noun

plural

miscellanies

1. a miscellaneous collection or group of various or somewhat unrelated items.

2. a miscellaneous collection of literary compositions or pieces by several authors, dealing with various topics, assembled in a volume or book.

   Synonyms:

   anthology

3. miscellanies, a miscellaneous collection of articles or entries, as in a book.

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miscellany British  

/ mɪˈsɛlənɪ, ˈmɪsəˌleɪnɪ /

noun

1. a mixed assortment of items

2. (sometimes plural) a miscellaneous collection of essays, poems, etc, by different authors in one volume

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Etymology

Origin of miscellany

First recorded in 1590–1600; Anglicized variant of miscellanea

Example Sentences

The word “anthology” comes from the Greek for “gathering of flowers”—that is, a miscellany.

From The Wall Street Journal

The festival further hosts multimedia projects, lakeside tango, children’s programs and other miscellany events.

From Los Angeles Times

The sonnet sits in the miscellany alongside "politically charged" works from the 1640s - the decade of the English Civil War, fought between Royalists and Parliamentarians.

From BBC

Yet this long, obscure miscellany turned out to be a garland of little gems.

From Los Angeles Times

Federica Gigante, a historian at the University of Cambridge, first noticed it in a corner of a photograph while searching online for an image of a 17th-century collector whose miscellany was housed in the museum.

From New York Times