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Date: 1500-1600
Language: French
Origin: miscellanées (plural), from Latin miscellaneus; MISCELLANEOUS

miscellany

 noun
     
mis‧cel‧la‧ny plural miscellanies [countable]
a group of different things
miscellany of
He earned his living from a miscellany of jobs.
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