miscellany

/ˈmɪsəˌleɪni/

Other forms: miscellanies

Miscellany is a collection of different sorts of things. If organization is not one of your strong points, your purse may contain a miscellany of surprising items.

Miscellany comes from the Latin for "mix," and a miscellany is a mixture of things. If you don't clean your car out very often, there may be a miscellany of relics in the backseat: a flip flop left over from your last trip to the beach, a few stale French fries, your last report card, and maybe a magazine or two.

Definitions of miscellany

1. noun

   a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
   synonyms: assortment, medley, miscellanea, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety

   types:

   grab bag

   an assortment of miscellaneous items

   witch's brew, witches' brew, witches' broth

   a fearsome mixture

   range

   a variety of different things or activities

   selection

   an assortment of things from which a choice can be made

   farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag

   a motley assortment of things

   alphabet soup

   a confusing assortment

   sampler

   an assortment of various samples

   band

   a range of frequencies between two limits

   type of:

   accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection

   several things grouped together or considered as a whole
2. noun

   an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.
   synonyms: florilegium, garland

   type of:

   anthology

   a collection of selected literary passages