miscellaneityn.
/ˌmɪsələˈneɪᵻti/, /ˌmɪsələˈniːᵻti/, U.S. /ˈˌmɪsələˈniᵻdi/, /ˈˌmɪsələˈneɪᵻdi/ Miscellaneousness; an instance of this.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun]
manifoldnesseOE
serenessa1300
diversityc1340
sundernessc1390
diversenessa1400
seretya1400
variancea1400
sundryhead?a1425
sundrinessa1450
variety1548
multivariety1601
diversifying1611
inconstancy1646
heterogeneity1651
variousness1651
heterogeneousness1662
variegation1668
multifariousness1684
miscellaneousness1727
miscellaneity1778
versatility1802
omnifariousness1806
motleyness1819
many-headedness1847
heterology1854
unhomogeneity1862
diversitude1870
variedness1897
polycentricity1915
inhomogeneity1916
1778 T. Twining Let. 19 Dec. (1991) I. 159 I feel as if I was something nearer to this miscellaneity of qualifications than any other commentator of Aristotle has been.
1853 Q. Rev. June 245 Any extent of extract..would give a very imperfect idea of the miscellaneity of the whole.
1905 Daily Chron. 13 Nov. 4/5 The miscellaneity of the Hellenic ‘masses’ thus enjoying the hospitality of the King.
1955 Amer. Lit. 26 575 Like most symposia this one suffers from miscellaneity.
1967 J. Miles Kinds of Affection 16 The intense miscellaneities and haphazard sidelines Of the rehearsal troubled me.
1990 Times Lit. Suppl. 14 Sept. 984/4 The orientation of his account around publications still has the effect of..encouraging a certain miscellaneity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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