miscellaneous : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: miscellaneous	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for miscellaneous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
miscellaneous adj consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds; "an arrangement of assorted spring flowers"; "assorted sizes"; "miscellaneous accessories"; "a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music"; "a motley crew"; "sundry sciences commonly known as social"- I.A.Richards Synonym(s): assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, sundry(a) having many aspects; "a many-sided subject"; "a multifaceted undertaking"; "multifarious interests"; "the multifarious noise of a great city"; "a miscellaneous crowd" Synonym(s): many- sided, multifaceted, miscellaneous, multifarious
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Miscellaneous \Mis`cella"neous\, a. [L. miscellaneus mixed, miscellaneous, fr. miscellus mixed, fr. miscere to mix. See {Mix}, and cf. {Miscellany}.] Mixed; mingled; consisting of several things; of diverse sorts; promiscuous; heterogeneous; as, a miscellaneous collection. [bd]A miscellaneous rabble.[b8] --Milton. -- {Mis`cella"neously}, adv. -- {Mis`cella"neousness}, n.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
Miscellaneous Hackers are more likely to have cats than dogs (in fact, it is widely grokked that cats have the hacker nature). Many drive incredibly decrepit heaps and forget to wash them; richer ones drive spiffy Porsches and RX-7s and then forget to have them washed. Almost all hackers have terribly bad handwriting, and often fall into the habit of block-printing everything like junior draftsmen.