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Vinony

miscellany

noun

  1. publishing term; collection of various pieces of writing by different authors
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /mɪˈsɛləni/ / /ˈmɪsələni/ / /ˈmɪsəleɪni/

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from French miscellanées, from Latin mīscellānea, from miscellus (“mixed”), from misceō (“to mix”).

  1. An assortment of miscellaneous items.
  2. A collection of writings on various subjects or topics; an anthology.

    “a monthly miscellany of literature”

  3. The condition of being miscellaneous, of being a hodgepodge.

    “All of these critics and theorists agree, however, positively, unequivocally, in this, […] that miscellany is abhorrent to their sense; that the sixteen-story building must not consist of sixteen separate, distinct, and unrelated buildings piled one upon the other until the top of the pile is reached.”