/ mɪˈseləni; NAmE ˈmɪsəleɪni/ noun
[ sing. ] ( formal ) a group or collection of different kinds of things
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WORD ORIGIN
late 16th cent.: from French miscellanées (feminine plural), from Latin miscellanea , neuter plural of miscellaneus , from miscellus mixed, from miscere to mix.