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miscellaneous(dictionary)

miscellaneous (iou)



miscellaneous adjective. E17.
[from Latin miscellaneus, from miscellus mixed, from miscere MIX verb: see -EOUS.]
(With a sing. noun) consisting of members or elements of different kinds, of mixed composition or character; (with a pl. noun) of various kinds. E17.
Dickens He was a sort of town-traveller for a number of miscellaneous houses. R. K. Narayan I received a miscellaneous collection of mail-catalogues, programmes..and what not.
Of a person: having various qualities or aspects; many-sided. M17.
miscellaneously adverb with variety or diversity; in various ways, on miscellaneous subjects: M18.
miscellaneousness noun E18.