Mis`cel*la"ne*ous (?), 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.
"A
miscellaneous rabble."
Milton. --
Mis`cel*la"ne*ous*ly, adv. --
Mis`cel*la"ne*ous*ness, n.
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