"miscellaneum" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌmɪsəˈleɪnɪəm/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: miscellanea [plural]
Etymology: Perhaps by back-formation from miscellanea, in accordance with the -um → -a rule of plural formation of neuter nouns in the nominative case from the Latin second declension. Head templates: {{en-noun|miscellanea}} miscellaneum (plural miscellanea)
  1. (rare, chiefly archaic) A miscellany. Tags: archaic, rare
    Sense id: en-miscellaneum-en-noun--MXwOzxA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Adjective [Latin]

Forms: miscellāneum [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|adjective form|head=miscellāneum}} miscellāneum
  1. nominative neuter singular of miscellāneus Tags: form-of, neuter, nominative, singular Form of: miscellāneus
    Sense id: en-miscellaneum-la-adj-9Jo-rPEi Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        },
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        },
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        {
          "ref": "1652: Samuel Hartlib, Cornu Copia : A Miscellaneum of lucriferous and most fructiferous Experiments, Observations, and Discoveries, immethodically distributed ; to be really demonstrated and communicated in all Sincerity., book title (Harleian Miscellany, volume VI, pages 27–36)",
          "text": "Cornu Copia : A Miscellaneum of lucriferous and most fructiferous Experiments, Observations, and Discoveries, immethodically distributed ; to be really demonstrated and communicated in all Sincerity."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1851, The Musical World, page 129:",
          "text": "The second part was devoted to a miscellaneum. It commenced with a reference to the interdiction of stage entertainment in the time of the Protectorate.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999: Housman Society, Housman Society Journal, page 87 (Turner & Devereux)",
          "text": "Aside from those cited in this miscellaneum, other copies are to be seen at Bryn Mawr (inscribed by Kennerley to R. W. Ellis); Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; and private collection 1."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, Shlomo Berger, Michael Brocke, Irene E Zwiep, Zutot 2003, Springer, →ISBN, page 28, →ISBN:",
          "text": "In this miscellaneum I would like to describe a medieval translation of Keter Malkhut which, to the best of my knowledge, has not been noted anywhere in scholarly literature.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "(rare, chiefly archaic) A miscellany."
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          "text": "Cornu Copia : A Miscellaneum of lucriferous and most fructiferous Experiments, Observations, and Discoveries, immethodically distributed ; to be really demonstrated and communicated in all Sincerity."
        },
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          "ref": "1851, The Musical World, page 129:",
          "text": "The second part was devoted to a miscellaneum. It commenced with a reference to the interdiction of stage entertainment in the time of the Protectorate.",
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        },
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        },
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          "ref": "2004, Shlomo Berger, Michael Brocke, Irene E Zwiep, Zutot 2003, Springer, →ISBN, page 28, →ISBN:",
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