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mis·cel·la·ny

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–noun, plural -nies.

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.

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

[Origin: 1590–1600; Anglicized var. of miscellanea

]

—Synonyms 2. anthology.

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n. pl. mis·cel·la·nies

A collection of various items, parts, or ingredients, especially one composed of diverse literary works.
miscellanies A publication containing various literary works.

[Latin miscellānea, miscellanea; see miscellanea.]

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miscellany
noun
1.	a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions"
2.	an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc. [syn: florilegium]

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miscellany [miˈseləni, (American) ˈmisəleini] noun — plural miscellanies

a collection or mixture of things

Arabic:	مُتَنَوِّعات
Chinese (Simplified):	杂物
Chinese (Traditional):	雜物
Czech:	směs, různorodá sbírka
Danish:	samling
Dutch:	mengeling
Estonian:	segu, kogumik
Finnish:	kokoelma
French:	collection
German:	das Gemisch
Greek:	ποικιλία, συλλογή αντικειμένων
Hungarian:	egyveleg
Icelandic:	samsafn
Indonesian:	aneka ragam
Italian:	miscellanea

Japanese:	寄せ集め
Latvian:	sajaukums
Lithuanian:	įvairovė, margumas
Norwegian:	diverse, potpurri, blanding
Polish:	zbiór, mieszanina
Portuguese (Brazil):	miscelânea
Portuguese (Portugal):	miscelânea
Romanian:	colecţie
Russian:	смесь
Slovak:	zmes
Slovenian:	zbirka raznih del, predmetov
Spanish:	miscelánea
Swedish:	blandning, samling
Turkish:	derleme