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Noun: miscellany  'mi-su,ley-nee [N. Amer], mi'se-lu-nee [Brit]
  1. A collection containing many different types of things
    "a great miscellany of cars was on display";
    - assortment, mixture, mixed bag [informal], miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley, smörgåsbord
     
  2. An anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.
    - florilegium, garland

Derived forms: miscellanies

Type of: accumulation, aggregation, anthology, assemblage, collection

Encyclopedia: Miscellany