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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective miscellaneous has 2 senses
- miscellaneous(s = adj.all) assorted, mixed, motley, sundry - 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"
- miscellaneous(s = adj.all) many-sided, multifaceted, multifarious - having many aspects; "a many-sided subject"; "a multifaceted undertaking"; "multifarious interests"; "the multifarious noise of a great city"; "a miscellaneous crowd"
CIDE DICTIONARY
miscellaneous, a. [L. miscellaneus mixed, miscellaneous, fr. miscellus mixed, fr. miscere to mix. See Mix, and cf. Miscellany.].
Mixed; mingled; consisting of several things; of diverse sorts; promiscuous; heterogeneous; as, a miscellaneous collection. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
miscellaneous, adj.
1 of mixed composition or character.
2 (foll. by pl. noun) of various kinds.
3 (of a person) many-sided.
1 of mixed composition or character.
2 (foll. by pl. noun) of various kinds.
3 (of a person) many-sided.
Derivative
miscellaneously adv. miscellaneousness n.
Etymology
L miscellaneus f. miscellus mixed f. miscere mix
THESAURUS
miscellaneous
amalgamated, ambiguous, ambivalent, amphibious, assorted, blended, combined, complex, composite, compound, compounded, conglomerate, dappled, different, disparate, divergent, divers, diverse, diversified, eclectic, equivocal, fifty-fifty, half-and-half, heterogeneous, indiscriminate, intricate, ironic, jumbled, manifold, many, many-sided, medley, mingled, mixed, motley, multifaceted, multifarious, multiform, multinational, multiplex, multiracial, odd, patchy, pluralistic, promiscuous, scrambled, sundry, syncretic, thrown together, unsorted, varied, various, varyingROGET THESAURUS
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Mixture
N mixture, admixture, commixture, commixtion, commixion, intermixture, alloyage, matrimony, junction, combination, miscegenation, impregnation, infusion, diffusion suffusion, transfusion, infiltration, seasoning, sprinkling, interlarding, interpolation, adulteration, sophistication, tinge, tincture, touch, dash, smack, sprinkling, spice, seasoning, infusion, soupcon, alloy, amalgam, brass, chowchow, pewter, magma, half-and-half, melange, tertium quid, miscellany, ambigu, medley, mess, hotchpot, pasticcio, patchwork, odds and ends, all sorts, jumble, salad, sauce, mash, omnium gatherum, gallimaufry, olla-podrida, olio, salmagundi, potpourri, Noah's ark, caldron texture, mingled yarn, mosaic, half-blood, half-caste, mulatto, terceron, quarteron, quinteron, quadroon, octoroon, griffo, zambo, cafuzo, Eurasian, fustee, fustie, griffe, ladino, marabou, mestee, mestizo, quintroon, sacatra zebrule, catalo, cross, hybrid, mongrel, mixed, implex, composite, half-and-half, linsey-woolsey, chowchow, hybrid, mongrel, heterogeneous, motley, miscellaneous, promiscuous, indiscriminate, miscible, among, amongst, amid, amidst, with, in the midst of, in the crowd.
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