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miscellaneous, a.|mɪsəˈleɪnɪəs|
[f. L. miscellāne-us, f. miscellus mixed (f. miscēre to mix): see -eous.]
1. With a sing. n.: Consisting of members or elements of different kinds; of mixed composition or character. With a pl. n.: Of various kinds.
1637Saltonstall Euseb. Const. 53 The people being thus a long time divided betweene divers opinions, it produced a miscellanious confusion in Religion. 1671Milton P.R. iii. 50 A miscellaneous rabble, who extol Things vulgar. 1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) III. Misc. i. i. 1 That Charitable and Courteous Author, who..introduc'd the ingenious way of Miscellaneous Writing. 1766Goldsm. Vic. W. i, My second boy..received a sort of miscellaneous education at home. 1790Burke Fr. Rev. Wks. 1808 V. 47 Dr. Richard Price..preached..a very extraordinary miscellaneous sermon. 1821W. Irving Life & Lett. (1864) II. 49, I have been leading a ‘miscellaneous’ kind of life at Paris, if I may use a literary phrase. 1862Stanley Jew. Ch. (1877) I. xvii. 322 In this miscellaneous assemblage were to be seen worshippers of the most various characters. 1899æ. J. G. Mackay Lindesay's Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. p. lxxxvii, One of the miscellaneous volumes of the Wodrow Manuscripts.
†b. Mingled. Obs.
1698W. Chilcot Evil Th. iv. (1851) 44 The miscellaneous horror and exultation of that dreadful day.
2. Of persons: Having various qualities or aspects; treating of various subjects: many-sided. † Also, general (as opposed to technical).
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. i. viii. §9. 32 [Athenæus] being miscellaneous in many things, he is to be received with suspicion; for such as amasse all relations, must erre in some. 1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) III. Misc. i. i. 8 Nor ought the Title of a Miscellaneous Writer to be deny'd me, on the account that I have grounded my Miscellanys upon a certain Set of Treatises already publish'd. 1773Burney Mus. Germany, etc. (1775) II. 305 As technical terms will be unavoidable in this description, I advise my miscellaneous readers to pass it over. 1831Wordsw. Prose Wks. (1876) III. 313 A great theatrical writer,..and miscellaneous to that degree, that there was something for all classes of readers. 1839Longfellow Hyperion i. vi. Prose Wks. 1886 II. 45 The Baron of Hohenfels was rather a miscellaneous youth, rather a universal genius.
Hence miscellaneity |ˌmɪsələniːɪtɪ|, miscellaneousness.
1905Daily Chron. 13 Nov. 4/5 The miscellaneity of the Hellenic ‘masses’ thus enjoying the hospitality of the King. |