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单词 miscellanea
释义

miscellanea

plural noun

mis·​cel·​la·​nea ˌmi-sə-ˈlā-nē-ə How to pronounce miscellanea (audio)
-nyə
: a collection of miscellaneous (see miscellaneous sense 1) objects or writings

Synonyms

  • agglomerate
  • agglomeration
  • alphabet soup
  • assortment
  • botch
  • clutter
  • collage
  • crazy quilt
  • farrago
  • gallimaufry
  • grab bag
  • gumbo
  • hash
  • hodgepodge
  • hotchpotch
  • jambalaya
  • jumble
  • jungle
  • litter
  • macédoine
  • medley
  • mélange
  • menagerie
  • miscellany
  • mishmash
  • mixed bag
  • montage
  • motley
  • muddle
  • olio
  • olla podrida
  • omnium-gatherum
  • pastiche
  • patchwork
  • patchwork quilt
  • potpourri
  • ragbag
  • ragout
  • rummage
  • salad
  • salmagundi
  • scramble
  • shuffle
  • smorgasbord
  • stew
  • tumble
  • variety
  • welter
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Nevertheless, four tons of documents and secondary copies of films, plus newsreels and miscellanea — old projectors meant for display and other, more necessary equipment used to repair current machines — were lost in the fire. Ela Bittencourt, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2021 The lifelong home of 80-year-old Francisca Cano has become a warehouse of miscellanea. Emilio Morenatti, ajc, 25 Dec. 2020 In these entrepreneurial hands one store became three, and the Masons spent the 1980s becoming one of the nation’s most important distributors of adult miscellanea for gay men. Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 28 Apr. 2020 The rest of the album is equally littered with self-realizations and millennial miscellanea. Karen Muller, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2019

Word History

Etymology

Latin, from neuter plural of miscellaneus

First Known Use

1571, in the meaning defined above

miscellanea

plural noun

as in assortment
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things searching through the miscellanea in the archive, she came across the draft of an unpublished and previously unknown poem by the reclusive writer

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • assortment
  • jumble
  • variety
  • medley
  • collage
  • miscellany
  • salmagundi
  • hodgepodge
  • potpourri
  • mélange
  • gallimaufry
  • smorgasbord
  • clutter
  • amalgam
  • mishmash
  • rummage
  • ragbag
  • litter
  • farrago
  • shuffle
  • menagerie
  • blend
  • hotchpotch
  • montage
  • agglomeration
  • motley
  • salad
  • patchwork
  • scramble
  • jungle
  • agglomerate
  • accumulation
  • jambalaya
  • pastiche
  • mixed bag
  • stew
  • hash
  • olio
  • gumbo
  • grab bag
  • tangle
  • ragout
  • tumble
  • combination
  • botch
  • welter
  • macédoine
  • crazy quilt
  • sundries
  • detritus
  • alphabet soup
  • patchwork quilt
  • aggregate
  • muddle
  • olla podrida
  • aggregation
  • notions
  • conglomerate
  • omnium-gatherum
  • conglomeration
  • oddments
  • composite
  • catchall
  • fusion
  • mess
  • intermixture
  • alloy
  • commixture
  • compound
  • chaos
  • disarray
  • admixture
  • disarrangement
  • disorder
  • imbroglio
  • morass
  • confusion
  • snarl
  • shambles
  • bollix
  • odds and ends
  • mix-up
  • dog's breakfast
  • knot
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