'Miscellany' definitions:
Definition of 'miscellany'
From: WordNet
noun
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" [syn: assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley]
noun
An anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc. [syn: florilegium, garland, miscellany]
Definition of 'Miscellany'
From: GCIDE
- Miscellany \Mis"cel*la*ny\ (m[i^]s"s[e^]l*l[asl]*n[y^]), a. Miscellaneous; heterogeneous. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Miscellany'
From: GCIDE
- Miscellany \Mis"cel*la*ny\, n.; pl. Miscellanies. [L. miscellanea, neut. pl. of. miscellaneus: cf. F. miscellan['e]e, pl. miscellan['e]es. See Miscellaneous.] A mass or mixture of various things; a medley; esp., a collection of compositions on various subjects. [1913 Webster]
- 'T is but a bundle or miscellany of sin; sins original, and sins actual. --Hewyt. [1913 Webster]
- Miscellany madam, a woman who dealt in various fineries; a milliner. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'miscellany'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- album,
- all sorts,
- ana,
- analects,
- anthology,
- assemblage,
- assortment,
- beauties,
- brew,
- broad spectrum,
- canon,
- chrestomathy,
- clippings,
- collectanea,
- collected works,
- collection,
- colluvies,
- compilation,
- complete works,
- conglomerate,
- conglomeration,
- cuttings,
- delectus,
- diversity,
- excerpta,
- excerpts,
- extracts,
- Festschrift,
- florilegium,
- flowers,
- fragments,
- gallimaufry,
- garden,
- garland,
- gleanings,
- hash,
- hodgepodge,
- hotchpot,
- hotchpotch,
- job lot,
- jumble,
- magpie,
- mash,
- medley,
- melange,
- melee,
- mess,
- mingle-mangle,
- miscellanea,
- mishmash,
- mix,
- mixed bag,
- mixture,
- motley,
- oddments,
- odds and ends,
- olio,
- olla podrida,
- omnibus,
- omnium gatherum,
- omnium-gatherum,
- pasticcio,
- pastiche,
- patchwork,
- photograph album,
- posy,
- potpourri,
- quotation book,
- salad,
- salmagundi,
- sauce,
- scramble,
- scrapbook,
- smorgasbord,
- stew,
- sundries,
- symposium,
- variety,
- what you will