miscellany : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: miscellany	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for miscellany
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
miscellany n 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" Synonym(s): assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc. Synonym(s): florilegium, garland, miscellany
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Miscellany \Mis"cellany\, a. Miscellaneous; heterogeneous. [Obs.] --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Miscellany \Mis"cellany\, n.; pl. {Miscellanies}. [L. miscellanea, neut. pl. of. miscellaneus: cf. F. miscellan[82]e, pl. miscellan[82]es. See {Miscellaneous}.] A mass or mixture of various things; a medley; esp., a collection of compositions on various subjects. 'T is but a bundle or miscellany of sin; sins original, and sins actual. --Hewyt. {Miscellany madam}, a woman who dealt in various fineries; a milliner. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.