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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

miscellaneus

mixed, miscellaneous, fr.

miscellus

mixed, fr.

miscere

to mix. See

, and cf.

Mixed; mingled; consisting of several things; of diverse sorts; promiscuous; heterogeneous;

as, a

miscellaneous

collection

“A miscellaneous rabble.”

Milton.

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Misˊcel-la′ne-ous-ly

adv.

–

Misˊcel-la′ne-ous-ness

Noun.

Adj.

[L. miscellaneus, from misceo, to mix.]

Mixed; mingled; consisting of several kinds; as a miscellaneous publication; a miscellaneous rabble.