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miscellanea

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Miscellanea (noun) means a mixed group of items of different kinds.

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A mixed group of items of different kinds.
"Through a renewed process of selection, miscellanea are cut down to compendia, which, once structurally organized, become texts" — Thomas G. Pavel, Fictional Worlds (1989)
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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin miscellānea, the neuter plural of miscellāneus, from miscellus (“mixed”), from misceō (“to mix”).

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What is the meaning of miscellanea?
"miscellanea" (noun) means a mixed group of items of different kinds.
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Other words for "miscellanea" include motley, smorgasbord, miscellany, assortment, salmagundi, potpourri.

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