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MISCELLANY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.
Synonyms:
florilegium; garland; miscellany
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("miscellany" is a kind of...):
anthology (a collection of selected literary passages)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A collection containing a variety of sorts of things
Example:
a veritable smorgasbord of religions
Synonyms:
assortment; miscellanea; miscellany; mixed bag; mixture; motley; potpourri; salmagundi; smorgasbord; variety
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("miscellany" is a kind of...):
accumulation; aggregation; assemblage; collection (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "miscellany"):
grab bag (an assortment of miscellaneous items)
witch's brew; witches' brew; witches' broth (a fearsome mixture)
range (a variety of different things or activities)
selection (an assortment of things from which a choice can be made)
farrago; gallimaufry; hodgepodge; hotchpotch; melange; mingle-mangle; mishmash; oddments; odds and ends; omnium-gatherum; ragbag (a motley assortment of things)
alphabet soup (a confusing assortment)
sampler (an assortment of various samples)
