miscellany

(redirected from miscellanists)
Also found in: Thesaurus, Encyclopedia.

mis·cel·la·ny

(mĭs′ə-lā′nē)

n. pl. mis·cel·la·nies

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

2. miscellanies A publication containing various literary works.

[Latin miscellānea, miscellanea; see miscellanea.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

miscellany

(mɪˈsɛlənɪ; US ˈmɪsəˌleɪnɪ)

n, pl -nies

1. a mixed assortment of items

2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (sometimes plural) a miscellaneous collection of essays, poems, etc, by different authors in one volume

[C16: from French miscellanées (pl) miscellanea]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

mis•cel•la•ny

(ˈmɪs əˌleɪ ni; Brit. mɪˈsɛl ə ni)

n., pl. -nies.

1. a collection of various items or parts.

2. a book of literary works by several authors on various topics.

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

[1590–1600; Anglicized variant of miscellanea]

miscellanea, miscellany

a varied collection, particularly a collection of literary works, extracts, fragments, etc., in book form. — miscellaneous, adj.

Miscellany

a mixture of various things; a medley, 1617; a collection of writings on various subjects.

Examples: miscellany of Christians and Turks together, 1703; of deformities, 1620; of humours, 1668; of prose; of irreconcilable theorists, 1833; of trees, 1703.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Switch to new thesaurus

Noun	1.	miscellany - 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" assortment, miscellanea, mixed bag, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety, mixture aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole grab bag - an assortment of miscellaneous items witches' brew, witches' broth, witch's brew - a fearsome mixture; "a witches' brew of gangsters and terrorists"; "mixing dope and alcohol creates a witches' brew" range - a variety of different things or activities; "he answered a range of questions"; "he was impressed by the range and diversity of the collection" selection - an assortment of things from which a choice can be made; "the store carried a large selection of shoes" farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag - a motley assortment of things alphabet soup - a confusing assortment; "Roosevelt created an alphabet soup of federal agencies" sampler - an assortment of various samples; "a candy sampler"; "a sampler of French poets"
	2.	miscellany - an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc. florilegium, garland anthology - a collection of selected literary passages

miscellany

noun assortment, collection, variety, mixture, diversity, anthology, jumble, medley, mixed bag, potpourri, mélange (French), farrago, hotchpotch, salmagundi, gallimaufry, omnium-gatherum glass cases filled with a miscellany of objects

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

miscellany

noun

A collection of various things:

assortment, conglomeration, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, jumble, medley, mélange, mishmash, mixed bag, mixture, olio, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi, variety.

Slang: grab bag.

Translations

مُتَنَوِّعات

různorodá sbírkasměs

samling

samsafn

miscellany

[mɪˈselənɪ] N [of objects] → miscelánea f; [of writings] → antología f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

miscellany

[mɪˈsɛləni] n → recueil m

miscellany

n (= collection) → (bunte) Sammlung, (buntes) Gemisch; (= variety) → Vielfalt f; (of writings) → vermischte Schriften pl; (of poems, articles) → Sammelband m, → Auswahl f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

miscellany

[mɪˈsɛlənɪ] n → misto; (Literature) → miscellanea, raccolta (Radio, TV) → selezione f

miscellaneous

(misəˈleiniəs) adjective

composed of several kinds; mixed. a miscellaneous collection of pictures.

noun

short for miscellaneous items. The last section of the catalogue is entitled `miscellaneous'.

miscellany (miˈseləni) , ((American) ˈmisəleini) – plural miscellanies – noun

a collection or mixture of things.

References in periodicals archive ?

For the mid-century miscellanists, the writing of courtly verse was primarily a gentlemanly activity in which the active participants were almost exclusively male, and in which the attitudes and gestures marketed as socially desirable contributed to the construction of a desirable mid-century masculine self, humanist-educated and socially aspiring.