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Definitions for Miscellaneous
ˌmɪs əˈleɪ ni əsmis·cel·la·neous

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, sundry(a)adjective

    consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds

    "an arrangement of assorted spring flowers"; "assorted sizes"; "miscellaneous accessories"; "a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music"; "a motley crew"; "sundry sciences commonly known as social"- I.A.Richards

  2. many-sided, multifaceted, miscellaneous, multifariousadjective

    having many aspects

    "a many-sided subject"; "a multifaceted undertaking"; "multifarious interests"; "the multifarious noise of a great city"; "a miscellaneous crowd"

Wiktionary

  1. miscellaneousadjective

    Consisting of a variety of ingredients or parts.

  2. miscellaneousadjective

    Having diverse characteristics, abilities or appearances.

  3. Etymology: From miscellaneus, from miscellus, from misceo.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Miscellaneousadjective

    Mingled; composed of various kinds.

    Etymology: miscellaneus, Latin.

    Being miscellaneous in many things, he is to be received with suspicion; for such as amass all relations must err in some, and without offence be unbelieved in many. Browne.

    And what the people but a herd confus’d,
    A miscellaneous rabble, who extol
    Things vulgar, and well weigh’d scarce worth the praise. John Milton, Par. Reg. b. ii.

ChatGPT

  1. miscellaneous

    Miscellaneous refers to a group or collection of various or diverse items, elements, or people that are not related or can be categorized into separate groups or types. These items are usually gathered together as they don't fit into other standard categories.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Miscellaneousadjective

    mixed; mingled; consisting of several things; of diverse sorts; promiscuous; heterogeneous; as, a miscellaneous collection

  2. Etymology: [L. miscellaneus mixed, miscellaneous, fr. miscellus mixed, fr. miscere to mix. See Mix, and cf. Miscellany.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Miscellaneous

    mis-sel-lān′i-us, adj. mixed or mingled: consisting of several kinds.—adj. Miscellanā′rian.—n. a writer of miscellanies.—adv. Miscellan′eously.—ns. Miscellan′eousness; Mis′cellānist, a writer of miscellanies; Mis′cellany, a mixture of various kinds: a collection of writings on different subjects—also n.pl. Miscellā′nea. [L. miscellaneusmiscēre, to mix.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. miscellaneous

    An item or charge in the estimates of the British army, so distinguished as miscellaneous services; the same as our contingent expenditures.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Miscellaneous in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Miscellaneous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Miscellaneous in a Sentence

  1. George Santayana:

    A string of excited, fugitive, miscellaneous pleasures is not happiness happiness resides in imaginative reflection and judgment, when the picture of one's life, or of human life, as it truly has been or is, satisfies the will, and is gladly accepted.

  2. Farnsworth Crowder:

    In the South of California has gathered the larges and most miscellaneous assortment of Messiahs, Sorcerers, Saints and Seers known to the history of aberrations.

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