miscellany

Speech parts

1. miscellany - Noun

2. miscellany - Adjective

Meaning

A mass or mixture of various things; a medley; esp., a collection of compositions on various subjects.

Miscellaneous; heterogeneous.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

miscellanea mixture assortment potpourri variety mixed bag garland motley salmagundi collection compilation anthology patchwork medley jumble
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Antonyms

single base basis solution core description
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Hypernyms

collection accumulation anthology aggregation assemblage

Hyponyms

range melange selection sampler hodgepodge mishmash

Related terms

miscellanea miscellaneous miscellanist

Phrases with the word

miscellany of ingredients

Derivatives

Miscellanies

Examples

a great assortment of cars was on display Source: Internet

he had a variety of disorders Source: Internet

a veritable smorgasbord of religions Source: Internet

Having previously circulated in manuscripts only, both poets' sonnets were first published in Richard Tottel 's Songes and Sonnetts, better known as Tottel's Miscellany (1557). Source: Internet

George Shaw gave the bird its scientific name and drew sketches of the way he imagined a live bird to look which appeared as plates 1057 and 1058 in volume 24 of The Naturalist's Miscellany in 1813. Source: Internet

Maurice Denham Jephson, An Anglo-Irish Miscellany, Allen Figgis, Dublin 1964 The family lived in England in Worthing in genteel poverty; Roger's mother died when he was nine. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

miscellaneousness miscellaneum miscellanist miscensure miscentering miscertification