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
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
The latest editor of the heedless philosopher has certainly done right in placing among his miscellanea the declamatory apostrophe which sums up the teachings of this remorseless book.
From Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. by Morley, John
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