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单词 miscellanea
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miscellanean.

Brit. /ˌmɪsəˈleɪnɪə/, U.S. /ˌmɪsəˈleɪniə/, /ˌmɪsəˈleɪnjə/
Forms: 1500s– miscellanea, 1600s messelanea, 1600s miscelanea, 1600s miscellania.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin miscellanea, miscellānea, miscellāneus.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin miscellanea (feminine singular) a collection of writings (2nd–3rd cent. a.d.), reinterpretation of classical Latin miscellānea a hotchpotch, mixture (of food), use as noun of neuter plural of miscellāneus (see miscellaneous adj.). Compare Italian miscellanea collection of literary compositions (a1492 in a work title), mixture of different things (1869), Portuguese miscelânea (mid 16th cent. in a work title), Spanish miscelanea (17th cent.), French miscellanea (1691 in a perhaps isolated attestation; subsequently 19th cent.).
1.
a. As a mass noun: miscellaneous items, esp. literary compositions, that have been collected together, regarded collectively.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > heterogeneous
miscellanea1565
caravan1623
mob1728
society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > a compilation > [noun] > miscellany
miscellanea1565
rhapsody?1566
miscellanies1598
miscellany1615
miscellaneal1633
miscellaneas1639
olio1655
collectanea1791
pot-pourri1864
1538 T. Elyot Dict. Miscellanea, a myxture of dyuers thynges.]
1565 W. Alley Πτωχομυσεῖον (title page) The poore mans librarie... Here are adioyned..certaine fruitful annotacions which may properly be called Miscellanea.
1653 R. Flecknoe (title) Miscellania, or, Poems of all sorts, with divers other pieces.
1784 New Spectator No. 6. 3 I..begin my miscellanea with a Private Anecdote.
1836 H. N. Coleridge in S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains I. L'Envoy p. xiii I should misinform you grossly if I left you to infer that his collections were a heap of incoherent miscellanea.
1897 J. W. Clark Observ. Priory Barnwell Introd. 11 Miscellanea likely to be useful for reference.
1945 I. Gershwin Rhyme for Angela (song) in Lyrics on Several Occasions (1959) 320 If only her name were Titania, I'd star her in my miscellanea.
1984 P. Lively According to Mark iv. 52 Miscellanea like photographs and books and newspaper cuttings.
1997 Jrnl. Finance 52 2215 (heading) Miscellanea.
2001 BOMB Winter 19 Crocodiles, fruits, exuberant vegetation, the Garden of Eden, a lost perfect tongue, Dante, St. Francis, Che Guevara, boats adrift in Amazonian rivers, a cabinet of curiosities, magic spells, and reigning above all this miscellanea, high up on the altar, a parrot.
b. A miscellaneous collection of items, esp. literary compositions, notes, or the like; a miscellany. Obsolete.
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1690 W. Temple Ess. Anc. & Mod. Learning in Wks. (1731) I. 291 Upon the Miscellanea's first Printing in Paris, Monsieur Boileau made this short Satyr.
1710 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 13 Oct. (1948) I. 54 Harrison..has written some mighty pretty things; that in your 6th Miscellanea, about the Sprig of an Orange, is his.
a1770 H. Jones Isle of Wight (1782) ii. p. xxv A miscellania fix'd and firm as fate, Of all that's beautiful of all that's great.
2. In plural. Literary materials of various kinds. Obsolete. rare.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > a compilation > [noun] > miscellany
miscellanea1565
rhapsody?1566
miscellanies1598
miscellany1615
miscellaneal1633
miscellaneas1639
olio1655
collectanea1791
pot-pourri1864
1639 in F. W. Jessup Sir Roger Twysden (1965) ix. 139 An old manuscript..containing many pretty miscellaneas, writ about Edward III his time.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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