The Collaborative International Dictionary
Miscellany \Mis"cel*la*ny\, n.; pl. Miscellanies. [L. miscellanea, neut. pl. of. miscellaneus: cf. F. miscellan['e]e, pl. miscellan['e]es. See Miscellaneous.] A mass or mixture of various things; a medley; esp., a collection of compositions on various subjects.
'T is but a bundle or miscellany of sin; sins original,
and sins actual.
--Hewyt.
Miscellany madam, a woman who dealt in various fineries; a
milliner. [Obs.]
--B. Jonson.
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n. (plural of miscellany English)
Usage examples of "miscellanies".
A satirical account of this folly is given in Swift's Miscellanies, vol.
There was a volume of Pope, with the Rape of the Lock in it, and another of the Tatler, and an odd one of Dryden's Miscellanies, all with tarnished gilding on their covers and thoughts of tarnished brilliancy inside.